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19 years ago

Is Nios II free?

Is the Nios II processor free? I have checked the Altera website but I do not quite understand what a time limited license is? Is the IDE time limited or is the processor that runs in your FPGA time ...
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18 years ago

Nios was part of the IP that came with my Quartus subscription last year.

If you want to add Nios to a free web license I think that is $499

That seems to be what you also get with a Nios kit. IIRC the Nios subscription never runs out but only works with Nios updates up to 1 year from the Nios kit or Nios license purchase. IOW you can keep using the original Nios and some later updates forever but after a year newer versions will not compile without timeout.

This is all consistent with 3 yrs Nios experience but may be inaccurate in some detail.