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johnny_mnemonic
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5 years ago

Is it currently possible to buy a license for the full fledged NIOS II?

Is it currently possible to buy a license for the full fledged NIOS II? I want to use the full fledged NIOS II in my personal projects (retro video games related stuff). I made an order in Mouser...
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AR_A_Intel
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5 years ago

Hi

Upon checking, As per internal policy & system, we will need to have a company name for order processing. As long as customer can provide company name to Mouser, we are able to process the license.


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    john_mnemon
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    5 years ago

    thank you very much for the clarifiaction!

    but now another question arises:

    i can do something about company. but can you please check if i have a company should i have to buy the full version of Quartus for 3k usd for using the full fledged NIOS?

    thanks!

    • sstrell's avatar
      sstrell
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      5 years ago

      Nios can be used in any edition of Quartus. What is your target device family?

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        john_mnemon
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        5 years ago

        Yes it's true that NIOS can be used in any version of Quartus.

        I meant it seems you can't add the license for NIOS II (f) into a free version of Quartus as long as it lacks the license functionality. It's not 100% though.

        Two persons from two different official distributors (from different countries) told me that.

        Maybe the Intel employee will confirm it as well soon.

        The only thing I still don't understand why there is no information about that all. Because it's quite critical information.