Terasic DE1 Touch Screen Sensor Evaluation Kit
Overview
The Terasic K0159 is a comprehensive evaluation platform designed for developing touch screen interfaces and human-machine interface (HMI) applications. Based around an FPGA-driven architecture with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, it provides the high-performance processing and low-latency logic required for sophisticated sensor integration. The kit includes a dedicated DE1 board, power supply, and necessary cabling to begin immediate prototyping.
Why Choose This Part
The kit offers a powerful heterogeneous architecture combining the flexibility of a 72-pin GPIO FPGA with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor running at up to 800MHz. It features an integrated USB-Blaster II for fast JTAG programming and 1GB of RAM to support complex software stacks and memory-intensive display buffering. The inclusion of versatile interfaces like Ethernet, SPI, and I2C makes it an ideal hub for multi-protocol industrial communication.
Applications
Key Specifications
Getting Started
To begin development, connect the board via the onboard USB-Blaster II to a PC running Intel Quartus Prime for FPGA synthesis and the SoC EDS for ARM software development. Utilize the provided documentation to configure the 12-bit ADC for touch sensor input and the I2C multiplexer for peripheral management. The 1048576 KB of RAM allows for the deployment of embedded Linux distributions to facilitate complex GUI frameworks.
