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8 years ago

License for 16550

I am working on a Cyclone V project that will utilize a NIOS CPU and a 16550 UART, both of which appear to require a license. I found the web page embedded-ip-suite.html that informs me that ...
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8 years ago

I'm surprised you need a license for the 16550 UART, but you should be able to find one on opencores if that's allowed for your customer. As for normal licenses, they're normally locked to a MAC address, and need to be for the person building the code, in this case you, not for the person deploying the product. If you use a USB WiFi dongle then the license is still portable, but you'll only be able to use it on one computer at a time. Having said that, Altera do let you move licenses up to 3 times, I think, so you can get it reassigned to a new MAC address if you move computer.