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14 years ago

Is it possible to use a remote desktop viewer on NIOS Linux

Hello ,

I am having a project where I need to take control of a pc or a smart phone which has a VNC server using FPGA so I need to run a client from the FPGA side . Is this possible ?

My kit is the de2-115 .It has USB controller chip and Ethernet connections .

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    14 years ago

    Well, you can run Linux on NIOS on that board.

    So you might be able to run a VNC client too.
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    14 years ago

    Is there a way to know the capabilities or features of NIOS Linux and how far can it go ?

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    14 years ago

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    Is there a way to know the capabilities or features of NIOS Linux and how far can it go ?

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    How far in what direction ?

    It can run any Linux program (including any graphic stuff), so anything goes.

    Any I/O hardware (including graphics) can be created in VHDL code and be accessed by appropriately done Linux drivers, so anything goes, but it might be a lot of work.

    Software performance is not very fast, so you are limited.

    -Michael