MAX10 10M50 Development kit

Hi to the community,

I'm seeking your assistance with an issue I've encountered while working with an ex-Altera FPGA board, specifically the MAX10M050 family. My goal is to connect this board to my PC, but I've run into some challenges.

Here's the setup and the issues I'm facing:

1. Environment Setup: I've installed Quartus 22.1 on my Windows 11 machine, and it's located at "C:\intelFPGA_lite\22.1std". I've also downloaded Nios II and placed it inside the Quartus installation directory at "C:\intelFPGA_lite\22.1std\nios2eds".

2. Board Configuration: I've created a "kits" folder and placed my device-specific files within it. This includes folders like "factory_recovery" and "examples". I simply extracted the contents of a downloaded .zip file into this directory.

3. Issues Encountered:

   a. When I open Nios II Command Shell and enter the command "nios2-terminal," I receive a "command not found" error.

   b. When I attempt to run "Board Test System.exe" from the device files at "examples/board_test_system", I get an error message stating that JTAG was not found or selected.

   c. In Quartus, through the programmer option, I can see the USB-Blaster connection, and I can successfully program the FPGA board.

4. Attempted Solution: I've tried a tip I found in another post, which involves modifying the "nios_bash" file. I changed the PATH variable to the following: PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/intelFPGA_lite/22.1std/nios2eds/bin:/cygdrive/c/intelFPGA_lite/22.1std/nios2eds/sdk2/bin:/cygdrive/c/intelFPGA_lite/22.1std/nios2eds/bin/gnu/H-x86_64-mingw32/bin$PATH".However, I'm still encountering the "command not found" issue.