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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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17 years ago

I do not think so for several reasons.

I do not believe you will be able to make a "loadable image" that the SD card can load.

I also think that the EP2C8 is a rather small FPGA, so placing a NIOS II core in the part and all the other stuff you might need to add may not fit.

If this is true "university" academic exercise, then you might be able to get a University license for cheap, but I think you are just saying it is more of an exploration exercise.

My 2 cents