DE0-Nano Altera Cyclone IV FPGA Starter Board

Compact FPGA development board based on the Altera Cyclone IV, designed for learning and prototyping. Suited to parallel I/O, real-time video/audio, and emulation workloads where microcontrollers lack throughput.

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified

USB mini-AB
USB programming and power interface. Adafruit states the DE0-Nano can be programmed and powered over USB.
Type · UnknownVoltage · USB-powered board interface, source: Adafruit product page
40-pin GPIO header A
One of two 40-pin IDC-compatible expansion headers. Adafruit states the two 40-pin headers provide 72 general-purpose I/O pins.
Type · Unknown
40-pin GPIO header B
Second 40-pin IDC-compatible expansion header. Adafruit states the two 40-pin headers provide 72 general-purpose I/O pins.
Type · Unknown
26-pin digitalanalogue header
26-pin header exposing 16 digital I/O pins and 8 analogue input pins for analogue sensors, as stated on the Adafruit product page.
Type · Unknown

Pin	Type	Function	Voltage
USB mini-AB	Unknown	USB programming and power interface. Adafruit states the DE0-Nano can be programmed and powered over USB.	USB-powered board interface, source: Adafruit product page
40-pin GPIO header A	Unknown	One of two 40-pin IDC-compatible expansion headers. Adafruit states the two 40-pin headers provide 72 general-purpose I/O pins.
40-pin GPIO header B	Unknown	Second 40-pin IDC-compatible expansion header. Adafruit states the two 40-pin headers provide 72 general-purpose I/O pins.
26-pin digitalanalogue header	Unknown	26-pin header exposing 16 digital I/O pins and 8 analogue input pins for analogue sensors, as stated on the Adafruit product page.

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified

Pin details

4 connections

USB mini-AB
USB programming and power interface. Adafruit states the DE0-Nano can be programmed and powered over USB.
UnknownVoltage · USB-powered board interface, source: Adafruit product page
40-pin GPIO header A
One of two 40-pin IDC-compatible expansion headers. Adafruit states the two 40-pin headers provide 72 general-purpose I/O pins.
Unknown
40-pin GPIO header B
Second 40-pin IDC-compatible expansion header. Adafruit states the two 40-pin headers provide 72 general-purpose I/O pins.
Unknown
26-pin digitalanalogue header
26-pin header exposing 16 digital I/O pins and 8 analogue input pins for analogue sensors, as stated on the Adafruit product page.
Unknown

Start wiring

USB · 3.3 V

Confirm the data interface matches your host board.

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