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21 years ago

Nios 1 vs Nios 2

We have an avionics lighting group in our company that is expanding into newer technology. It is only a matter of time that they will need a super low cost micro solution. I am in a group that desi...
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21 years ago

If you already own NIOS I and speed isn't an issue then stick with it.

However, NIOS II is smaller, faster, and it's not too bad for programming (I'm a hardware guy and I have very little problems programming on NIOS II, mind you I don't do complicated stuff like OS programming).

If you have neither core take NIOS II because of the advantages (that and the assembly language of NIOS I is already obsolute so an upgrade to something else like NIOS II, or NIOS III (if it comes to that) if they did do ASM code they would have legacy problems).