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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

I don't know which software to use

I am supposed to get information from the altera DE2 (cyclone2) board ( temperature) , and show the temperature in visual studio. What program am I suppose to use to programm the altera DE2? Is it Ni...
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16 years ago

I suppose this is for a university project so I do not know what you are supposed to use by your instructor.

Do you already have a .sof file with all the necessary firmware? (if yes, the nios2 ide should have a button to call the nios programmer probably there is a thunder drawn on... but you can use Quartus II and press the button with a cable depicted on it near the one with the report sheet... or use the nios2-configure-sof from command line in the Nios2 EDS shell)

Or are you supposed to produce an FPGA project? (this is the case to use the SOPC Builder)

In both cases I suggest to start reading some kind of data sheet about the I2C core you will use.

No experience with Altera? If you used the others with the letter between z and c on us keyboards... they aren't so different... in downloading the firmware on a Dev-kit I mean...