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Altera Cyclone® Development Tools

Altera Cyclone® Development Tools are used to evaluate Altera Cyclone® FPGAs. Altera's complete ecosystem supports designs and includes development kits, software, intellectual property (IP), design examples, Design Solutions Network partners, and Engineer-to-Engineer videos to reduce time to market. The Altera Cyclone kits are an ideal starting point for applications like embedded vision, factory automation, video connectivity evaluation, or concept-proving.

Applications

  • Embedded systems development
  • Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
  • Communications
  • Control systems
  • Data acquisition systems
  • Prototyping
  • Custom peripheral design
  • High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Testing and validation
  • Industrial automation
  • Security systems
  • Consumer electronics

Featured Products

Altera Cyclone® 10 LP FPGA Evaluation Kit

General-purpose evaluation platform for markets and applications, like Industrial and Automotive.

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Terasic Technologies Cyclone V GX Starter Kit

A robust hardware design platform built around the Altera Cyclone V GX FPGA.

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Additional Resources

Design Software

Altera Quartus® Prime Design Software

Multi-platform design environment for all phases of FPGA and CPLD design.

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Related Products

Altera Cyclone® Family FPGAs

Built to meet low-power, cost-sensitive design needs, enabling designers to get to market faster.

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Altera Cyclone® 10 FPGAs

Deliver cost and power savings over previous generations of Cyclone FPGAs.

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Altera Cyclone® IV FPGAs

Delivers cost-effective performance for embedded innovation.

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Altera Cyclone® III FPGAs

Offers low power, high functionality, and low cost includes the LS variant with security features.

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Altera Cyclone® II FPGAs

90nm FPGAs delivering high performance and low power at a cost that rivals ASICs.

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Altera Cyclone® V FPGAs & SoCs

Cost-optimized performance family with a broad mix of features.

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Published: 2019-08-29 | Updated: 2025-03-11