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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Cheapest way to get full NiosII license?

I have a project which contains a NiosII CPU and compiles successfully, but when I turn on the option to generate an IBIS model (Assignments > EDA Tool Settings > Board level signal integrity analysi...
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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

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You are correct. Purchasing that dev kit is the cheapest solution for obtaining the license.

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Are you sure? I have my doubts because of this paragraph on the NEEK page:

"intellectual property (ip) licenses are sold separately. you may still install and start designing with any altera ip core via the opencore plus (pdf) simulation and hardware evaluation feature."

The NEEK page makes it sound like you get the OpenCore Plus version of NiosII and that a full license ($995) needs to be purchased separately. OpenCore Plus is what we have now and is not letting us generate the IBIS model.

Our local FAE has been slow to respond so that's why I'm asking here.