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Altera_Forum
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10 years ago

Can Nios II/e and LPM_divide be used without a license & w/o being tethered to PC?

I am working on a design that uses a nios II/e and the LPM_Divide megafunction using a de0-nano. Can these be used without having to stay tethered to the pc? I've tried reaching out to Altera but t...
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10 years ago

The Nios core is time limited unless you have the license for it. I don't know of the top of my head about the LPM_Divide.

To find out ask your FAE and/or Arrow rep if you have them.

NIOS use to be $500 /year. But we haven't renewed it for a couple of years so that could have changed. Not bad for what it is.

I've never used their LPM_Divide megafunction, because I have my own. the FFT mega function is free with the subscription version of Quartus.

Pete