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9 years ago

Looking for free IPs

Hi, I am new to Altera forum and Altera FPGAs in general. I have the following queries pls. ** Like Xilinx Core generator, does Altera Quartus 2 give free IPs as well? If so, what is the...
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9 years ago

The IP base suite is for more advanced IPs such as Ethernet or DRAM controllers. You will find GPIOS and SPI master/slaves in the embedded ips (https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/ug/ug_embedded_ip.pdf) and most of them are free. There is an I2C core on the altera wiki (http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/i2c_(opencores)). For LCD I'm not sure there is a dedicated controller but you can use a GPIO and bit bang it (or use an LCD with an I2C interface).