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13 years ago

megafunctions problems

:confused: Hi there, i starting my first project with the SOPC Builder using an NIOSII. After starting the Quartus Programmer I got these message: "example.sof contains on or more time...
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12 years ago

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Thank you for your reply! :)

I´m an absolutely beginner in SOPC Design.

I bought an DE0 Board and use the Free Quartus Software Web Edition and the NIOSII IDE. I found in the web some easy tutorials for first experiments with NIOSII. Now I take the NIOSIIe, an on chip RAM and the JTAG UART. I make the design with Quartus and SOPC Builder. By the combilation I got these messages.

Later I want to use NIOSII IDE for a C-Code.

Best Regards

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Did you ever find the solution to this? I have the same problem - DE0, etc ... just the same as you. It doesn't matter whether I have a license file (Academic) installed or not. i can't even open the programmer window if I use ANY NIOS-II IP what-so-ever. (See attached screenshot.) Yet all of the documentation I have read suggests that it should work, at least while tethered, which it is. I just don't get it. Very frustrating.

There was some mention somewhere of having to be in, "OpenCore Plus mode", as opposed to "Free mode". But I cannot find any reference these, "modes" anywhere. I vaguely remeber being asked maybe something about that the very first time I ran Quartus-II (v13 btw). But nothing since and I cannot find anything in the program settings, either. (Like I said -- "vague" and probably mistaken.)

Regards,

Gruvin.