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13 years ago

What Altera Dev board should I get?

I am looking to implement an embedded system which is going to control and orchestrate a whole bunch of fast switches on/off etc. Main requirements are that I need to talk to the board via seri...
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13 years ago

Sorry I don't have any really good books to recommend for NIOS. I pretty much learned by fire.. :)

A couple of pointers however, if you plan on building your own ADC module connected to the NIOS, get to know the avalon bus:

www.altera.com/literature/manual/mnl_avalon_spec.pdf

Then grab the datasheet for the ADC you are using and understand the signalling interface, and data format, and start coding in your language of choice.

Maybe someone else on the forum can recommend a good NIOS/QSYS book for you.