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10 years ago

Can I get a activation code for EDS Altera Edition?

Hi,

I purchased a Arrow Cyclone V FPGASoC kit several months before, $400... And these days I started to try the DS-5 tool.

In the introduction page listed below:

https://www.altera.com/products/design-software/embedded-software-developers/soc-eds/ds-5-toolkit.html

On the bottom-right corner, it says

"$995

*free with select altera soc fpga (https://newwww.altera.com/buy/development-kits---education-kits.html)

development kits. (https://newwww.altera.com/buy/development-kits---education-kits.html)

In my case, can I get the activation code for DS-5 Altera edition for free?

Thanks~~

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    10 years ago

    The link Alex provided is for a short time evaluation. These are available to anyone. They typically last for 30 days.

    If your board included a permanent license, it would have come with a printed activation code. These licenses don't expire but are only good for a single version and can't be transferred to another computer. Sometimes they are locked to the exact chip used on your board.
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    10 years ago

    Hi,

    Thanks for reply. I know how to get a 30-day trial license, but according to the altera page, if you purchase from altera, you can get a free activation code for Altera edition? Is it 30-day or forever? After all, what does that page mean?

    Regards,

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    Goto: http://ds.arm.com/altera/altera-eval-edition/ and note the Activation Code.

    Cheers,

    Alex

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    10 years ago

    I just found that Community edition can also be used to debug, but through Ethernet. Does anybody know how to do this?

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    10 years ago

    better to use the 30 days with more features unlike community edition.

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    10 years ago

    This is intended for Linux apps only and cannot be used for the kernel. It's the standard Eclipse method for remote system debugging.

    There may be a way to use it for kernel debugging, but it isn't mentioned in any Altera documentation. It might theoretically be possible to debug embedded applications over Ethernet, but this would apply to any version of Eclipse for ARM. Not for the faint of heart, consult an expert, probably cheaper to just buy DS-5 Altera edition.
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    10 years ago

    That article was from 2013. A license used to be required even for the free community edition. The free edition no longer requires a license so that article is out of date.