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19 years ago

Hello World Project

I do the steps writen in Nios II Development Kit Getting Started User Guide to create Hellow World Project. I work with Quartus 5.0 and Nios II IDE 5.0 .

When i click Build Project i receive :

**** Incremental build of configuration Debug for project hello_world_0 ****

make -s all

[: Files\altera\MegaCore\ddr_ddr2_sdram-v3.1.0\lib\sopc_builder/kit_sh: unknown operand

no install.ptf file found at /cygdrive/c/altera/quartus50/sopc_builder/bin/europa/europa_utils.pm line 1758.

Post-processing to create ext_flash.flash

01.02.2007 14:28:16 - (SEVERE) elf2flash: Read error: File not found: /boot_loader_cfi.srec

01.02.2007 14:28:16 - (SEVERE) elf2flash: Error reading boot copier

01.02.2007 14:28:16 - (SEVERE) elf2flash: Error generating Flash file, exiting

make: *** [ext_flash.flash] Error 5

Build completed

Is it possible to use Nios II Processor that is already on the board . First of all i want to try C language . If you have real working project that works on nios2_board_cycloneII_2c35 (Factory built NiosII) please send it or could you explane me the steps to get the project work.

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    Altera_Forum
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    19 years ago

    First off, you ought to be using a more recent version. Secondly, you should start your IDE (at least once) from within SOPC Builder. Thirdly, it's possible you have installation issues.... Do you, by any chance, have any other version(s) of Quartus II and/or SOPC Builder installed?

    Cheers,

    - slacker
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    19 years ago

    Do you, by any chance, have any other version(s) of Quartus II and/or SOPC Builder installed?

    Quartus 5.0 , MegaCoreIP Library 5.0 and Nios II IDE was supplied with Dev.Board

    nios2_board_cycloneII_2c35. Board was bought 1 year ago by company i work in.

    I work in Quartus and use devices (max3000 , maxII) for small projects(writen in VHDL). But now we want to evaluate Nios II capabilities for future use. Is it ok to use Quartus 6.1 Web-Edition (MegaCoreIP Library 6.1 - needed ? or 5.0 enough).
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    19 years ago

    Use the newer versions of the tools.... 6.1 should work just fine. I use it every day, on the exact board that you have. The only caveat to mention is that you'll have to keep the board connected via the USB cable at all times.

    Good luck!

    - slacker
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    19 years ago

    Also, it looks like Megacore might be installed on a path with spaces in it (c:/Program Files?). That will cause some issues as well.

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    19 years ago

    Use the newer versions of the tools.... 6.1 should work just fine.

    Thanks . I will try newer versions of the tools.
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    19 years ago

    I installed Quartus 6.0 Web-Edition + MegaCoreIP Library 6.0 . Hellow World Project

    work. Thank you slacker!