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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

DE2 student project

hi everyone .

I'm doing my final project and I need your help , I'm new on de2 altera board so i have to ask about maybe a basic things .

i'll talk first what i'm ganna do .

my project suppose to detect a signal comes from human body by using LED 660nm light source and analyze it .

so i'd like to use altera DE2 board so my questions are

1- how to like the LED light source to DE2 board ?

2- witch software should i use to program this board ?

3- what language should i use to make it easy ?

please guys help me out by giving any idea

thanks ...

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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    To program the board, the software u should use are QuartusII and NiosII~i think the software was provided in the CD if u purchase the board.

    Both verilog and VHDL has different keywords and constructs.ie verilog : wire while for VHDL : signal, but the style to develop to code for those two language is the same where there are :

    1~dataflow modelling ,2~behavioral modelling , 3~structural modelling

    It depends on your algorithm which suit the best.

    Though i would prefer VHDL because it was easier(i think~depends on u).

    You could have control the operation for LED through VHDL(totally hardware) or u could use SOPC builder in QuartusII and use NiosII to control the operation(through software control).