USB soft core with altera Nios processor

This objectives of this project learning the process of implementing an System-on-Chip (SoC) using the Altera development board. The chosen board is the Excalibur board which consists of the APEX 20KE200 FPGA. Besides this, Quartus II software is needed as the platform for the development of this pr...

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Main Author: Cheah, Chee Teong
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2007
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description This objectives of this project learning the process of implementing an System-on-Chip (SoC) using the Altera development board. The chosen board is the Excalibur board which consists of the APEX 20KE200 FPGA. Besides this, Quartus II software is needed as the platform for the development of this project. USB was used as example soft core component to be added to the SoC with the IP obtained from the Opencores web site. As the Nios the system uses the Avalon bus system, while the USB IP core is built for Wishbone bus system, a bridge which allows the both bus systems to communicate was required. This project succeeded in proving the functionality of the bridge. The USB core can either be programmed as Host or Slave. For the USB to communicate to the outside world, physical (PHY) layer circuit was required. The PHY chip used was the Fairchild USB1T11A. To build the PHY printed circuit board (PCB), the Santa Cruz connector located on the Altera development board was used. The PHY circuitry was built on a PCB which was then plugged into the Santa Cruz connector. The final task for the project was testing the USB driver.
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spelling utm-2632018-02-19T06:56:33Z http://eprints.utm.my/263/ USB soft core with altera Nios processor Cheah, Chee Teong TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science This objectives of this project learning the process of implementing an System-on-Chip (SoC) using the Altera development board. The chosen board is the Excalibur board which consists of the APEX 20KE200 FPGA. Besides this, Quartus II software is needed as the platform for the development of this project. USB was used as example soft core component to be added to the SoC with the IP obtained from the Opencores web site. As the Nios the system uses the Avalon bus system, while the USB IP core is built for Wishbone bus system, a bridge which allows the both bus systems to communicate was required. This project succeeded in proving the functionality of the bridge. The USB core can either be programmed as Host or Slave. For the USB to communicate to the outside world, physical (PHY) layer circuit was required. The PHY chip used was the Fairchild USB1T11A. To build the PHY printed circuit board (PCB), the Santa Cruz connector located on the Altera development board was used. The PHY circuitry was built on a PCB which was then plugged into the Santa Cruz connector. The final task for the project was testing the USB driver. 2007-11 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/263/1/CheahCheeTeongMFKE2007.pdf Cheah, Chee Teong (2007) USB soft core with altera Nios processor. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Cheah, Chee Teong
USB soft core with altera Nios processor
title USB soft core with altera Nios processor
title_full USB soft core with altera Nios processor
title_fullStr USB soft core with altera Nios processor
title_full_unstemmed USB soft core with altera Nios processor
title_short USB soft core with altera Nios processor
title_sort usb soft core with altera nios processor
topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
url http://eprints.utm.my/263/
http://eprints.utm.my/263/1/CheahCheeTeongMFKE2007.pdf