Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA – Adapting Digilent Pmod CLP LCD with Switches, Push Buttons, LEDs, and "Hello C10LP" Display Design Example

Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA – Adapting Digilent Pmod CLP LCD with Switches, Push Buttons, LEDs, and "Hello C10LP" Display Design Example

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9/7/2017

Introduction

In this design example, the Nios® II processor is used to print "Hello C10LP" on the LCD as well as the state of the dual in-line package (DIP) switches (on/off). The provided Optrex 16207 LCD Controller Core is used to control the LCD through the Nios II processor. This design also includes four push buttons which will trigger an interrupt to the Nios II processor upon pressed and blink LEDs according to the push button pressed.

Design Details

Device Family

Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA

Quartus Edition

Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition

Quartus Version

17.0

IP Cores (28)
IP Core IP Core Category
IRQ Mapper QsysInterconnect
altera_jtag_avalon_master QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Bytes to Packets Converter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Channel Adapter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Single Clock FIFO QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST JTAG Interface QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Packets to Bytes Converter QsysInterconnect
Reset Controller QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Timing Adapter QsysInterconnect
Avalon Packets to Transaction Converter QsysInterconnect
JTAG UART ConfigurationProgramming
Altera Avalon LCD 16207 Peripherals
PIO (Parallel I/O) Other
MM Interconnect QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Adapter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-ST Error Adapter QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Demultiplexer QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Multiplexer QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Master Agent QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Traffic Limiter QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Master Translator QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Slave Agent QsysInterconnect
Avalon-MM Slave Translator QsysInterconnect
Memory-Mapped Router QsysInterconnect
Nios II Gen2 Processor NiosII
Nios II Gen2 Processor Unit NiosII
On-Chip Memory (RAM or ROM) OnChipMemory
System ID Peripheral Other

Detailed Description

Prepare the design template in the Quartus Prime software GUI (version 14.1 and later)


Note: After downloading the design example, you must prepare the design template. The file you downloaded is of the form of a <project>.par file which contains a compressed version of your design files (similar to a .qar file) and metadata describing the project. The combination of this information is what constitutes a <project>.par file. In releases 16.0 or newer, you can simply double click on the <project>.par file and Quartus will launch that project.


The second means to bring up the project template is through the New Project Wizard (File -> New Project Wizard). After entering the project name and folder on the first panel, the second panel will ask you to specify an empty project or project template. Select project template. You will see a list of Design Templates projects that you have loaded prior as well as various "Baseline Pinout Designs" that contain the pinout and settings for a variety of development kits. If you don't see your design template in the list, click on the link that states install the Design Templates circled below:



Browse to the <project>.par file you downloaded, click next, followed by Finish, and your design template will be installed and displayed in the Project Navigator pane in Quartus.


Note: When a design is stored in the Design Store as a design template, it has been previously regression tested against the stated version of Quartus software. The regression ensures the design template passes analysis/synthesis/fitting/assembly steps in the Quartus design flow.



Prepare the design template in the Quartus Prime software command-line


At the command-line, type the following command:

quartus_sh --platform_install -package <project directory>/<project>.par


Once the process completes, then type:

quartus_sh --platform -name <project>



Note:

* ACDS Version: 17.0.0 Standard


Design Details

Device Family

Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA

Quartus Edition

Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition

Quartus Version

17.0