DE0-Nano-SoC develop environment, free version of IDE?

Hi,

IMHO, MAX10 FPGAs are the low end of Altera FPGAs. The Neek board is complex because of the amount of stuff in it. It is not an entry level board. The DE0-Nano-SoC is just as complex because the Cyclone V FPGA has a dual hardware processor in it. Again, IMHO, not an entry level board.

Altera's IDE is Quartus Prime. There is a Lite version (free). I think the hardware processor system (HPS) in the Cyclone V needs another piece of software for programming. Sorry, it's been a while since I looked at all this before settling into a BeMicro MAX10 for myself.

I don't mean to be rude but you should have been able to gather this much info by reading about the board/FPGA you want to use. There is plenty of info in the Altera site. Perhaps this is an indication of how complex the task you're trying to accomplish is. Don't be discouraged though. This takes time and effort. Good luck.