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Honored ContributorNios into Actel???
Hello, is possible put niosII system into fpga from Actel? Because i need radiation hardened fpga and Actel has it. Altera i think has not something like Actel. But i prefere fpga from Altera. ...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- Also, the "e" core version is open source... --- Quote End --- I don't think it is really open source. But I just did some digging and did confirm that the Nios II/e core is free to use starting with Quartus II 9.1. (See this page (http://www.altera.com/products/ip/processors/nios2/cores/economy/ni2-economy-core.html) on the Altera website for details.) Free to use and open source are different. If it really is open source, I would like to see more details about that. This is actually the first I heard that the Nios II/e core is now free to use. That is quite significant news as for many designs, Nios II/e is quite sufficient. I am sure this will benefit many hobbyists or others on a tight budget.
