The DECA Development Kit presents a robust hardware design platform built around the Altera MAX 10 FPGA, which is the industry’s first single chip, non-volatile programmable logic devices (PLDs) to integrate the optimal set of system components. Users can now leverage the power of tremendous re-configurability paired with a high-performance, low-power FPGA system. Providing internally stored dual images with self-configuration, comprehensive design protection features, integrated ADCs and hardware to implement the Nios II 32-bit microcontroller IP, MAX10 devices are ideal solution for system management, I/O expansion, communication control planes, industrial, automotive and consumer applications. The DECA development board is equipped with high-speed DDR3 memory, video and audio capabilities, Ethernet networking, and much more that promise many exciting applications. The DECA Development Kit contains all the tools needed to use the board in conjunction with Altera’s Quartus II Design Software.

Whether you're new to FPGAs or an experienced user, Arrow's DECA MAX 10 FPGA evaluation kit will help you learn how to:

Design with non-volatile, instant-on MAX 10 FPGAs

-Interact with a wide range of sensors including: Light, Gesture, Temperature and Humidity

-Leverage the benefit of dual-configuration options

-Use the integrated analog blocks with the new analog toolkit in Quartus II

-Reduce board area, cost and complexity using Enpirion power solutions with MAX 10 FPGAs

-Implement a single chip integrated solution using Altera's Nios II Gen2 32-bit RISC soft core processor

-Explore TI's analog products which drive the majority of the board's functionality

Leverage full-featured IoT hardware and software

-Use Arrow's BLE/WIFI BeagleBone compatible cape, showcasing Texas Instrument's new families of BLE and WiFi solutions

-Capture a 8M-pixel CMOS image using a MIPI interface

FPGA Device

MAX 10 10M50DAF484C6G Device

   - Integrated dual ADCs, each ADC supports 1 dedicated analog input and 8 dual function pins

   - 50K programmable logic elements

   - 1,638 Kbits embedded memory

   - 5,888 Kbits user flash memory

   - 4 fractional PLLs

Configuration and Debug

   - Onboard USB-Blaster II (mini USB type B connector)

Memory Device

   - 512MB DDR3 SDRAM (16-bit data bus)

   - 64MB QSPI Flash

   - Micro SD card socket

Communication

   - 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PHY with RJ45 connector

   - USB 2.0 PHY with mini-USB type AB connector.

Connectors

   - Two 46-pin BeagleBone expansion headers

   - Two MAX 10 FPGA ADC SMA inputs

Display

   - HDMI TX, incorporates HDMI v1.4 features, including 3D video support

Audio

   - 24-bit CD-quality audio CODEC with line-in, line-out jacks

Video Input

   - MIPI CSI-2 camera interface

Analog

   - Two MAX 10 FPGA ADC SMA inputs

   - Seven MAX 10 FPGA ADC inputs from available on the BeagleBone expansion header

Switches, Buttons, and Indicators

   - 2 push-buttons

   - 2 slide switches

   - 8 blue user LEDs

Sensors

   - One proximity/ambient lighter sensor

   - One humidity and temperature sensor

   - One temperature sensor

   - One accelerometer

   - Two Capacitive touch sensor pads

Power

   - 5V DC input

   - DECA Quick Start Guide

   - Ethernet Cat5e cable

   - Two USB cables (Type A to Mini-B) for USB control and FPGA programming and control

   - 5V DC power adapter

Getting Started:

Click here to download the DECA lab materials.  Includes software and hardware lab manual and source files.

DECA Schematic

DECA Product Brief

User Guide

DECA BOM

Quartus II Design Software

Wiki page

Design Store

BLE/WiFi Cape Product Brief

PC Requirements (laptop needed):

   - Windows 7, 64-bit or Windows 8, 64-bit

   - 4 GB RAM

   - Minimum of i3 core

   - Approximately 20 GB free hard disk space

   - Internet access