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EdJ
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1 year ago

Design software to support Cyclone III

Good day.

We have several older Cyclone III designs that we must continue to support on newer PCs. As I understand it, Quartus II V13.1 is the last version of the design software that supports the Cyclone III series.

Our designs were generated with Quartus II V12.1 Subscription Edition (USB dongle) under Windows 7. Since the V13.1 Web Edition supports Cyclone III, downloading that would seem to be the solution. However, one of our designs used a nios processor - we had a license for it in V12.1. Can we use the old nios license for the V13.1 Web Edition?

If we need the V13.1 Subscription Edition, is there a fee for the license of this legacy software? Is there an additional charge for the nios license?

I assume that V13.1 runs under Windows 10 and has a driver for the USB Blaster programmer.

Any other options?

Thanks, in advance.

EJ

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  • FvM's avatar
    FvM
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    1 year ago
    Why don't you continue using Quartus 12.1 if you have a license? It can be run under Windows 10 as well.
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      EdJ
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      1 year ago

      Thanks for your response.

      It has to run on a different machine. I don't know if V12.1 is available for download from the intel site.

      Also, will the USB dongle that's required with the license work with Windows 10?

  • FvM's avatar
    FvM
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    1 year ago

    Hi,
    regarding old 12.1 Quartus installation. Did you try to copy the installation directory to your Windows 10 machine? This always worked for me, also with older versions like 9.0.

    Windows 10 drivers are available for most industry standard dongles. In case of doubt, the recent Quartus license client will include support for it.

  • AR_A_Intel's avatar
    AR_A_Intel
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    1 year ago

    Since we haven't received any response from you, I assume that my previous message has provided the necessary clarification. I will now transfer this conversation to community support. If you have any new queries, please feel free to open a new thread to receive assistance from Intel experts. Alternatively, the community users will be available to assist you further on this existing thread. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.