NIOS I help

hi all,

im new to NIOS board n ahve something to ask:

if i did not use SOPC can i write an independent program in vhdl to display output on lcd display? if can, can get me an example of the code? and one more thing: can i use JTAG9 as normal I/O? if not then whats the options i have? thankx for any reply .. http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif