Key Features of the Desktop NanoBoard NB2DSK01

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Altium's Desktop NanoBoard NB2DSK01 has the following features:

  • Altium NanoTalk parallel PC interface
  • Altium NanoTalk USB 2.0 PC interface
  • NanoTalk Master and Slave connectors, 10-way
  • Host status LEDs
  • Xilinx Spartan-3 (XC3S1500-4FG676C) NanoTalk Controller with JTAG-accessible Flash configuration PROM
  • Dedicated System JTAG programming port
  • Dual User Board JTAG headers, 10-way
  • Three 100-way FPGA daughter board connectors ('NANOCONNECT' interfaces)
  • Three 100-way peripheral board connectors ('NANOCONNECT' interfaces) – Peripheral Board A, Peripheral Board B, Peripheral Board C
  • Programmable clock 6 to 200 MHz, accessible by Altium Designer, firmware (through the interactive GUI), or by a daughter board FPGA design
  • Fixed 20MHz reference clock
  • SPI Real-Time Clock with 3V battery backup
  • Dual 5V DC power daisy-chain connectors with power switch
  • 5V DC power output connector, for supply of power to a user board
  • Power supply test points for all supply levels available on the board, including four GND points
  • Current sense circuits on all power lines to the peripheral board, daughter board and User Board connectors
  • RS-232 Serial Port – DB9M
  • CAN Port – DB9M
  • PS/2 Mini-DIN Mouse Port
  • PS/2 Mini-DIN PC Keyboard Port
  • 240 x 320 TFT LCD with touch screen
     
    • 50-pin TFT connector
    • 12-bit SPI touch screen digitizer
    • Shared use between NB2DSK01 firmware (interactive GUI) and a design running in a daughter board FPGA
       
  • 8-way DIP-switch
  • LED array, 8 LEDS
  • Serial SPI Flash memory
  • On-board memories used for firmware:
     
    • 256K x 32-bit common-bus SRAM (1MByte)
    • 16M x 32-bit common-bus SDRAM (64MByte)
    • 16M x 16-bit common-bus 3.0V Page Mode Flash memory (32MByte)
    • 256K x 32-bit independent SRAM (1MByte)
       
  • 1-Wire® memory device used to store board ID and related information
  • Dual 18-way (20 pin) I/O expansion headers with power supply selection links
  • Four channel 8-bit ADC, I2C-compatible
  • Four channel 10-bit DAC, I2C-compatible
  • Screw terminal header for ADC and DAC
  • ADC/DAC/I2C 14 pin expansion header
  • Stereo 2W audio power amplifier with 3.5mm test input jack and DC volume control
  • Audio mixer (L and R) for combining audio sources:
     
    • Line Out from NanoTalk Controller (Delta-Sigma DAC output, driven by FPGA)
    • Line Out signal wired from peripheral board socket A
    • Line Out signal wired from peripheral board socket B
    • Line Out signal wired from peripheral board socket C
    • Buzzer output from daughter board FPGA design
       
  • Stereo audio jacks (3.5mm):
     
    • Line In / Line Out
    • Mic In
    • Headphone Out
       
  • Speaker socket for direct connection of Desktop Stereo Speaker Assembly NB2DSK-SPK01:
     
    • provides audio and power signals
    • provides two SPI buses for control of RGB LED drivers on NB2DSK-SPK01
    • provides 1-Wire bus for interrogation of 1-Wire ID device on the NB2DSK-SPK01
       
  • SD (Secure Digital) card reader, with 512MB SD card supplied
  • Dual debug headers, 10-way
  • 5 generic push-button switches made available to NanoTalk Controller and daughter board FPGA
  • Dedicated ESD pad
  • Home button – enables firmware to take control of TFT panel and also provides NanoBoard reset functionality
  • Daughter board test/reset button
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