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20 years ago

Nios Development kit

did someone ever use a nios2 dev kit statix edition with a configuration which doesn't use a nios core????
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20 years ago

Yes but the design didn't do much (just putting a safe design in so that I don't damage anything I manually connected to the board). Are you asking if you need a Nios II processor in order to use the device? If so the answer is no, it's only called a Nios development board because it has a lot of peripherals that work well in an embedded system (SRAM, SDRAM, Ethernet, EPCS, Flash, Uart, Pushbuttons, LEDs, etc....) but there is nothing that forces you to have a Nios II core in the design.