De0_nano_soc_arduino

Hello,

My experience is that many of the demo's are too complex to start with.

They try to impress the user but FPGA's in principle are difficult and very basic.

What i started with was getting 1 led on the board burning of those connected to the FPGA part, not the HPS part, noting more nothing less.

My advice would be to try the same.

You can build a framework application by using the terrasic system builder from your board

see P44 of <https://www.terasic.com.tw/attachment/archive/941/DE0-Nano-SoC_User_manual.pdf>

You can write a very simple VHDL or Verilog program that controls 1 of the leds within the framework generated by this application.

Once you start with this you can work your way up, build a clock, build a uart, send something to the display, implement a Nios processor that can run Arduino code and control your board, you can go all kinds of directions. (I assume you did not buy the board to just Arduino things, then you are better off with a Mega or an Uno).

Good Luck

Johi