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TechDeveloper
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5 years ago

Purchase Intel FPGA Board

Dear Sir: I am new to Intel FPGAs and its IDE and I wanted to purchase a development board to be utilized for RF communication applications. My experience with the Texas Instrument...
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JohnT_Altera
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5 years ago

Hi,


Quartus Lite Edition will be free for life on the board that I suggested. The only limitation is that certain CORE IP (such as Nios II core IP) will not be available to be used. No expiry date on the license.


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TechDeveloper
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5 years ago

Hi, John;

Thank you for your reply.

When the Intel "server" begins to operate correctly. Can you get back to me with regard to this question:

How do the "development tools" augment the "free" Quartus download and how does it differ (do I require these tools to develop on the "cyclone" board that you had pointed me to)? Are the software "development tools" free?

Thank you for your replies, they are appreciated.