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17 years ago

Problem with time limited .sof with SOPC builder

Hello ! I have a very weird problem. I am working on video stream with an Altera Cyclonne III C25 and a Bitec hsmc quad video card. I took the design of the Quad Video Mosaic for the C25. I co...
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17 years ago

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I noticed that instead of having a .sof in the quartus programmer, I had a time_limited.sof

Do you know how I could go through this problem ?

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Time-limited .sof is generated if (a) you don't have license for NIOS II or Quartus II etc. and (b) you have a license but the lincense server is not set correctly or the license file is not updated or your license is outdated.