Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA Evaluation Kit User Guide

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Date 11/18/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Overview 2. Getting Started 3. Evaluation Board Setup 4. Evaluation Board Components 5. Simple Socket Server 6. Board Test System 7. Document Revision History for the Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA Evaluation Kit User Guide A. Safety and Regulatory Compliance Information
1. Overview x
1.1. Feature Summary 1.2. Box Contents 1.3. Evaluation Board Revisions 1.4. Recommended Operating Conditions
1.2. Box Contents x
1.2.1. Power Supply Description
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Before You Begin 2.2. Handling the Board 2.3. Software and Driver Installation
2.2. Handling the Board x
2.2.1. Handling the DIP Switches
2.3. Software and Driver Installation x
2.3.1. Installing the Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software 2.3.2. Installing the Evaluation Kit 2.3.3. Installing the Intel® FPGA Download Cable II Driver
3. Evaluation Board Setup x
3.1. Powering Up the Evaluation Board 3.2. Default Switch Settings 3.3. Recovering Factory Default Settings
4. Evaluation Board Components x
4.1. Board Overview 4.2. Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA Overview 4.3. MAX® 10 System Controller Overview 4.4. FPGA Configuration 4.5. Status Elements 4.6. Setup Elements 4.7. General User Input/Output 4.8. Clocks 4.9. Connectors and Interfaces 4.10. Memory 4.11. System Power
4.4. FPGA Configuration x
4.4.1. Using the Quartus® Prime Programmer 4.4.2. Program Onboard EPCQ or EPCQ-A Flash Memory 4.4.3. Active Serial Configuration
4.9. Connectors and Interfaces x
4.9.1. Gigabit Ethernet PHY 4.9.2. 2x20 GPIO Expansion Header 4.9.3. Arduino Connectors 4.9.4. Pmod Connectors
4.9.3. Arduino Connectors x
4.9.3.1. Digital I/Os 4.9.3.2. Analog Inputs 4.9.3.3. Arduino Power
4.10. Memory x
4.10.1. HyperRAM 4.10.2. EPCQ or EPCQ-A Flash Memory
4.11. System Power x
4.11.1. Power Supply Options 4.11.2. Power Tree 4.11.3. Current Measurement
5. Simple Socket Server x
5.1. Connecting to the Simple Socket Server
6. Board Test System x
6.1. The Configure Menu 6.2. The Sys Info Tab 6.3. The GPIO Tab 6.4. The FLASH Tab 6.5. The HRAM Tab 6.6. The Power Monitor 6.7. The Clock Controller
A. Safety and Regulatory Compliance Information x
A.1. Safety and Regulatory Information A.2. Compliance Information
A.1. Safety and Regulatory Information x
A.1.1. Safety Warnings A.1.2. Safety Cautions
1. Overview
2. Getting Started
3. Evaluation Board Setup
4. Evaluation Board Components
5. Simple Socket Server
6. Board Test System
7. Document Revision History for the Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA Evaluation Kit User Guide
A. Safety and Regulatory Compliance Information

4.9.3.2. Analog Inputs

There are six analog inputs can be sourced through the Arduino header J6. These analog signals are first divided and filtered by operational amplifier MCP6242 and related components. This circuit scales the maximum allowable analog input to 5 V which meets standard Arduino UNO* R3.

The MAX® 10 device (U3) features one ADC block with one dedicated analog input and 8 dual function pins. Six of the nine analog input pins are used for the Arduino analog input interface. The other three are used for current sense.

Table 18.  Arduino Channel Connections
Arduino Connector ADC Channel MAX® 10 ADC Name MAX® 10 Pin
ARDUINO_ANA0 (J6.1) ADC1 Channel5 ADC1IN5 U3.C1
ARDUINO_ANA1 (J6.2) ADC1 Channel0 (Dedicated Channel) ANAIN1 U3.D2
ARDUINO_ANA2 (J6.3) ADC1 Channel1 ADC1IN1 U3.D1
ARDUINO_ANA3 (J6.4) ADC1 Channel8 ADC1IN8 U3.E1
ARDUINO_ANA4 (J6.5) ADC1 Channel7 ADC1IN7 U3.F1
ARDUINO_ANA5 (J6.6) ADC1 Channel4 ADC1IN4 U3.E4

Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA device communicates with the ADC block in the MAX® 10 device on the board through the ADC I2C interface, which supports both 100 KHz and 400 KHz I2C clock frequency. The ADC output value is 12-bit data and I2C data is 8-bit. Hence two register addresses are used to store 12-bit ADC output data. These registers are all read only. The ADC I2C slave address of ADC block is 0x5E.

Table 19.  Register Addresses for Arduino Channels
Arduino Connector Register Address
ARDUINO_ANA0 (J6.1) 0x31, 0x30
ARDUINO_ANA1 (J6.2) 0x27, 0x26
ARDUINO_ANA2 (J6.3) 0x29, 0x28
ARDUINO_ANA3 (J6.4) 0x37, 0x36
ARDUINO_ANA4 (J6.5) 0x35, 0x34
ARDUINO_ANA5 (J6.6) 0x2F, 0x2E

Use the formula to covert ADC output value to voltage:

Voltage = (ADC_Output_Value/4096) * VREF * R_Divider

  • ADC_Output_Value is the value in Decimal read from ADC I2C bus as described above.

  • VREF is the MAX® 10 ADC reference voltage. Use 3.3 V when using MAX® 10 internal reference source.

  • R_Divider 2 is a resistors divider value along with operational amplifier MCP6242 in order to allow tolerance up to 5 V analog input. By default, it is 2.

For example, if you want to measure analog input value on ARDUINO_ANA0 (J6.1).
  1. Read value of 0x30 register address is 0xB9 and read value of 0x31 register address is 0x3, then the ADC output value is 0x3B9, or in decimal, 953. Hence, 
    ADC_Output_Value=953
  2. The MAX® 10 internal reference voltage is used so 
    VREF = 3.3 V
  3. Divider resistor values are R217 = 316 ohm and R216 = 316 ohm, so
    R_Divider = R217/R216 + 1 = 2
  4. Calculated the analog signal voltage on ARDUINO_ANA0 (J6.1) is 
    Voltage @ ARDUINO_ANA0 = (953/4096) * 3.3 * 2 = 1.54 V
Figure 10. Arduino Analog Input Calculation Example
2 Different analog outputs on Arduino shield have different output impedance, these divider resistor values may need to be adjusted based on your application.
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