Key Features of the Desktop NanoBoard NB2DSK01

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