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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

How to re-generate "time-limited" *.sof file of Nios design?

I have a Nios license but I want to generate a "time-limited" sof file for my Nios design. I had tried to remove feature 6AF8_00A2 and 6AF7_00A2 in my license file, BUT it doesn't work... ...
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15 years ago

Thanks for your Hint!

I forget to run SOPC Builder to re-generate Nios system

after I remove feature 6AF7_00A2 and 6AF8_00A2.

Now, it takes effect!

The reason to make a time-limited sof is that I want

someone to do just "evaluation" with a PC, i.e.,

someone CAN'T free run on stand-alone FPGA board.

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Hi,

Why generating a time-limited sof file ?

did you close Quartus, NIOS and restart them 20 seconds later (because of windows prefetch, cache ... ) ?

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