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Honored ContributorI forgot to mention, there is a resource CD for the neek from Altera with examples and even code like the LCDController. Look under ftp://ftp.altera.com/outgoing/download/support/ip/processors/nios2/cycloneiii_3c25_niosii-v8.0.0.exe
SOPC-Builder is a part of Altera Quartus. It let's you create NIOS-Systems by "drag&drop". If you have got modules, that are generated by SOPC Builder, you can normally use them also in your own designs. Therefor Quartus has got the megafunction Wizard, which copy you the sources of the modules you are using into your working directory. (so sopc I think don't do that). The instantiation of the modules is described as examples in the files named ..._inst.vhdl ..._inst.v you can normally easily implement them that way. Again good luck.
