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Terasic Cyclone V SoC Dev Board (P0496)

Terasic Cyclone V SoC Dev Board (P0496)

MPN: P0496
Terasic Technologies
Programmable Logic IC Development Tools DE10-Nano Dev Kit w/ US power adapter
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Overview

A Terasic development board built around an Intel/Altera Cyclone V SoC family device that combines an ARM processor subsystem with FPGA fabric. Designed for engineers who need heterogeneous compute on a single board for tight hardware/software co-design. Suited to prototyping embedded Linux systems that need FPGA-accelerated functions.

Why Choose This Part

Combines an ARM processing subsystem with FPGA fabric on a single board, enabling tight integration between software and custom hardware. The SoC approach simplifies data movement between processor and logic compared with discrete MCU + FPGA solutions, and gives access to ample I/O and real-time acceleration options for embedded and edge workloads.

Applications

Hardware/software co-design
Partition algorithms between ARM software and FPGA logic for real-time acceleration and low-latency tasks.
Embedded Linux prototyping
Run a Linux distribution on the ARM cores while offloading deterministic tasks to the FPGA fabric.
Custom I/O and protocol bridging
Implement custom peripherals, high-speed interfaces, or protocol converters in FPGA logic while using the ARM host for control.
Signal processing and acceleration
Perform DSP, video, or data-stream processing in FPGA fabric for throughput and latency improvements.

Key Specifications

Type FPGA + MCU/MPU SoC
Contents Board(s), Cable(s), Power Supply, Accessories
Platform Cyclone V SE SoC DE10-Nano
Utilized IC / Part 5CSEBA6

Getting Started

Use Intel Quartus Prime and the Intel SoC EDS toolchain for FPGA compilation and ARM cross-development; Terasic typically supplies board schematics, sample designs and Linux images or build instructions. Expect to use a JTAG/USB connection for programming and an SD card or USB for Linux root images; review Terasic example projects to see how ARM <-> FPGA communication is implemented.

Also Consider

Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC XC7Z020 Xilinx (AMD) - A widely used ARM+FPGA SoC family (Zynq-7000) offering similar heterogeneous compute capability with a mature Vivado toolchain and broad ecosystem of dev kits.
Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC XC7Z010 Xilinx (AMD) - Lower-cost Zynq-7000 device for projects that need an ARM core plus FPGA fabric but with smaller logic and I/O requirements.
STM32MP157F-DK2 Starter Kit STMicroelectronics - A ready-made embedded Linux development kit using an ARM MPU for software-centric projects where FPGA fabric is not required but a robust Linux ecosystem is desired.