Altera Partner Profile: Terasic Technologies
Overview
Terasic is a leading manufacturer of high-performance hardware and software solutions for the ASIC prototyping, multimedia, and image processing markets. Terasic produces highly optimized FPGA systems that enhance the development of cutting-edge products.
With strong expertise in developing complex FPGA systems for multimedia and image processing applications, Terasic provides fully integrated hardware and software solutions to help customers achieve their aggressive project schedule for time-to-market.
Terasic's design and manufacturing processes are ISO-9001 certified. Product testing and final assembly are performed in-house to ensure the highest level of quality and functionality. Their quality assurance team monitors the entire production process, tracks inspections, and performs intensive functional checks on all its products.
Backed by strong industry investors who have been long-term ODM partners with LG, Philips, Compal, AOC, and Proview (EMC), Terasic is committed to continuous growth and to building and maintaining value for its customers, shareholders, and employees. Terasic's goal is to provide the perfect product that reduces cost and time-to-market.
Available Products
Terasic Technologies currently provides the products listed in Tables 1 and 2.
| Table 1. Available Development Kits |
| Product |
Description |
Supported Altera® Devices |
| DE3 |
- FPGA/ASIC/ASSP prototyping system
- Can be populated with a Stratix® EP3SL150, EP3SE260, or EP3SL340 device
- Expandable functionality via stacking additional DE3 boards or with other Terasic daughtercards
|
Stratix III |
| MAX II Micro |
- Development and education board for CPLD design
- MAX® II Micro board with a MAX II EPM2210F324C3 CPLD (largest CPLD in MAX II series) and on-board USB-BlasterTM cable
- Reference designs with source code
|
MAX II |
| Altera DE2 |
- Development and education board
- Many high-end multimedia features (USB, CD-quality audio, digital television (DTV), Ethernet, standard definition (SD), and LCD)
- Many reference designs with free source code
|
Cyclone® II |
| DE1 |
- Development and education board
- Rich peripheral set (USB-Blaster cable, CD-quality audio, VGA, flash memory, SDRAM, SRAM, and SD)
- Many reference designs with free source code
|
Cyclone II |
| TREX-S2 |
- Stratix II FPGA Prototyping Kit
- 700 available user I/O pins
- A selection of various motherboards
- High-speed connectors to enable DDR2 memory access
|
Stratix II |
| TREX-C1 |
- Embedded System Development Kit
- Rich peripheral set (USB-Blaster cable, audio, VGA, flash memory, SDRAM, and CF socket)
- Many reference designs with free source code
|
Cyclone |
| Table 2. Available Daughterboards |
| Product |
Description |
Supported Development Kits |
| THDB-H2G |
An adaptor board designed to fan out the high-speed mezzanine connector (HSMC) I/Os to three 40-pin expansion prototype connectors, which are compatible with Altera DE2/DE1 expansion headers. |
Cyclone III Starter Kit |
| THDB-H2S |
An adapter board for converting an HSMC to the Santa Cruz interface, allowing use of Santa Cruz interface boards on boards with an HSMC connector. |
Cyclone III Starter Kit |
| TRDB_DC2 |
- 1.3-Mega Pixel Digital Camera Development Kit
- Complete digital camera reference design with source code in Verilog HDL
- A user manual with live demo examples
- Support for exposure, light-controlling, and motion capturing
|
Altera DE2
DE1
TREX-C1
Cyclone II Starter Kit |
| TRDB_LCM |
- 3.6" Digital Panel Development Kit
- Reference designs (TV player and color pattern generator) with source code in Verilog HDL
|
Altera DE2
DE1
TREX-C1
Cyclone II Starter Kit
|
| 32MB Flash |
The THDB-FBI board has a 32 MB flash memory device, part of the Intel P30 family, that provides high performance at low voltage on a 16-bit data bus via HSMC. |
HSMC Capable Kits |
| Dual Channel ADC/DAC |
The THDB_ADA (ADA) daughterboard is designed to support digital signal processing (DSP) solutions on DE series, Cyclone III CPLD development kits, and other boards with the HSMC or GPIO interfaces. |
HSMC Capable Kits |
| Nios® II Upgrade |
Allows users who have a Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit to upgrade their Cyclone III starter boards into a Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition. |
Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit |
| TRDB_LTM |
A 4.3" Ultra-high Resolution LCD Touch Panel Development Kit that provides a 800 x 480 full-color high-quality LCD touch panel with complete reference designs and source code, allowing you to develop applications for touch panel displays on the Altera DE2-70/DE2/DE1 board and the Cyclone II and Cyclone III starter kits. |
Altera DE2
DE1
TREX-C1
Cyclone II Starter Kit
Cyclone III Starter Kit
|
Additional Services and Features
Terasic Technologies, Inc. provides the following additional services and features:
- Automatic optical inspection hardware and software solutions
- ODM system design service
- ASIC prototyping
- Multimedia system design service
- Education and training
Contact Information
For additional information, contact Terasic Technologies, Inc. at:
Terasic Technologies, Inc.
No. 356, Sec. 1, Fusing E. Rd.
Jhubei City, HsinChu County,
Taiwan, 302
Tel: +886-3-550-8800
Fax: +886-3-550-2860
Email: support@terasic.com
URL: www.terasic.com
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