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Home > Products > Devices > Cyclone III > Design Resources > Cyclone III FPGA Development Kits Print This Page Subscribe to Email Cyclone III FPGA Development Kits Accelerate your design process by utilizing a variety of Cyclone® III FPGA-based development kits (see Table 1) and optional daughtercards, adapters, or cables from Altera and selected partners (see Table 2). These hardware-based solutions contain everything you need to create and implement a design in hours. Altera developed the specification for the high-speed mezzanine connector (HSMC), which is based on the Samtec mechanical connector, to define and standardize the interface between optional daughtercards and host boards (see Figure 1). This specification outlines both the electrical and mechanical properties of the interface between daughtercard and host. You can also create your own HSMC-based prototype daughtercards. Request a copy of the HSMC specification  Figure 1. Host and Daughtercard Interconnection via HSMC Table 1. Cyclone III FPGA-Based Hardware (sorted by price) Product Name Type Vendor Device Price/Availability Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit Dev. kit Altera Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C25) $199 Low-Power Reference Platform Dev. kit Arrow Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C25) $249 USB 2.0 Embedded Development Kit Dev. kit SLS Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C25) $349 Nios® II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition Dev. kit Altera Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C25) $449 PCI Development Board Dev. kit CEPD Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C16) $799 Industrial Ethernet -MercuryCode Reference Platform Dev. platform EBV Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C40) (€579, ~ $890) SnakeBytes—Industrial Applications Reference Platform Dev. platform EBV Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C120) (€599, ~ $925) MotionFire-Motor Control Development Platform Dev. platform Arrow Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C40) ($1,389) Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit Dev. kit Altera Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C120) $1,495 Digital Radio/SDR Development Kit Dev. kit CEPD Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C16) $1,599 DSP Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition Dev. kit Altera Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C120) $1,895 Video Development Kit Dev. kit Bitec Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C120) $1,895 ARM® Cortex-M1 FPGA Development Kit Dev. kit Arrow Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C25) $2,500 ViClaro III HD Video Development Platform Dev. platform Microtronix Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C120) $3,995 Industrial Ethernet—Adapter Modules for  Powerlink,  PROFINET IO,  EtherNet/IP Dev. kit IXXAT Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C16) Contact vendor Available mid Oct. 2008 Industrial Ethernet—Powerlink Interface Board for PCI Bus Systems Dev. kit IXXAT Cyclone II FPGA (EP2C8) Contact vendor Available now Industrial Ethernet—Fieldbus Kit for PROFINET IO, EtherNet/IP, Modbus/TCP Dev kit Softing Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C25) Contact vendor Available now Industrial Ethernet—EtherCAT (EL9830 Base Board with FB1122 Controller Card) Eval. kit Beckhoff Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C25) Contact vendor Available now PRISM405-PowerQUICC III Embedded Processor and ASIC Prototyping Development Module Module AKA Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C80) Contact vendor Available now Table 2. Optional HSMC Interface-Compatible Daughtercards, Adapters, or Cables Product Name Type Vendor Host Board (1) Price/Availability Dual-Channel 16-Bit 1.0-GSPS Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC5682Z EVM) HSMC capable Texas Instruments Any HSMC-based host board $499 Dual-Channel Broadcast Video HSMC daughtercard Bitec Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit ~ $490 Quad-Channel Video Input HSMC daughtercard Bitec Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit ~ $450 Dual-Channel 14-bit ADC/DAC with Audio CODEC HSMC daughtercard SLS Cyclone III FPGA Development Kit $440 HSMC-to-AMC Carrier HSMC daughtercard. Purchase with HSMC-to-AMC module SLS Any transceiver-based HSMC host board $349 HSMC-to-AMC Module Must purchase with HSMC-to-AMC carrier SLS Not applicable $199 Upgrade Package from Cyclone III Starter Kit to Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit HSMC daughtercard Terasic Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit $329 Dual-Channel 14-bit ADC/DAC HSMC daughtercard Terasic Any HSMC-based host board $219 Digital Visual Interface (DVI) Input/Output HSMC daughtercard Bitec Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit ~ $210 HSMC to Dual Santa Cruz Adapter HSMC daughtercard SLS Any HSMC-based host board $89 HSMC to Santa Cruz Adapter HSMC daughtercard Terasic Any HSMC-based host board $70 HSMC Breakout Adapter HSMC daughtercard Bitec Any HSMC-based host board ~ $70 HSMC to GPIO Adapter HSMC daughtercard Terasic Any HSMC-based host board $50 HSMC-to-Quad-PHY Ethernet HSMC daughtercard MorethanIP Any HSMC host board Contact vendor Available now HSMC-to-Dual-PHY Ethernet (With IEEE-1588 Time Stamp Functionality) HSMC daughtercard MorethanIP Any HSMC host board Contact vendor Available now HSMC-to-CX4 Adapter HSMC daughtercard MorethanIP Any transceiver-based HSMC host board Contact vendor Available now 32-Mbyte Flash Memory HSMC daughtercard Terasic Any HSMC-based host board Contact vendor Available now HSMC-to-HSMC Cable  (6, 12, or 18-Inch Lengths) HSMC cable Samtec Any HSMC-based board Contact vendor Available now HSMC-to-SMA Cable HSMC cable Samtec Any HSMC-based board Contact vendor Available now Note: Certain combinations of HSMC daughtercards and host boards (Cyclone III, Arria® GX, or Stratix® III FPGAs) have been tested, others have not. 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