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15 years ago

NIOS what am I using?

Hi all,

I'm using Nios II IDE version 9 to download software to hardware. I'm a software engineer not a firmware engineer. I am running the IDE on an old Linux box which was given to me pre-installed.

I would like to re-install that software on a new box running Ubuntu. I realise that Ubuntu is not supported. I have seen that there is software available to download and also read that Altera is moving away from IDE towards Eclipse. I'm a bit confused because I thought IDE was Eclipse.

How can I tell what software I have installed on my old Linux box?

Thanks for your help

Ant

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    15 years ago

    antonypace, there are two IDEs. The "newer" one is based on NiosII Build Tools which gives the user full control over the build process. You can provide your own Makefile, you can use scripts to generate this or you can use the BSP settings editor. In my Windows installation this IDE is located under:

    C:\altera\91\nios2eds\bin\eclipse-nios2.exe

    Actually (version 9.1 SP1) this IDE has a bug. When you want debug through user libraries source code is not displayed. (SR10752121 , will fixed probably in 10.0)

    The "old" IDE uses automatic generated Makefiles. All settings are derived from the System Library Properties.

    The installation path is:

    C:\altera\91\nios2eds\bin\eclipse\nios2-ide.exe

    Jens
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    15 years ago

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    On the menu select the "Help->about"

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    Thanks amilcar,

    That says "Nios II Integrated Development Environment, Version 9.0, Build 132."

    What do I need to install to get that working on my other box?

    Thanks
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    15 years ago

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    The installation path is:

    C:\altera\91\nios2eds\bin\eclipse\nios2-ide.exe

    Jens

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    Ah, I have found

    /opt/altera9.0/ip

    /opt/altera9.0/modelsim_ase

    /opt/altera9.0/nios2eds

    /opt/altera9.0/quartus

    I am fairly sure that I don't need modelsim so it looks as though I need to install the other three. Could that be right?

    Ant
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    15 years ago

    I think yes. Under /nios2eds you can look for something like bin/eclipse/nios2-ide.

    Jens
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    15 years ago

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    I think yes. Under /nios2eds you can look for something like bin/eclipse/nios2-ide.

    Jens

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    Thank you Jens,

    So now I think I know what I am trying to achieve (to install those 3 things) but don't know how to install them. Could you point me to the files I need please?

    Ant
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    15 years ago

    Ant, I'm sorry but I'm using the Windows version of Quartus. But you can download the setup files from Altera and install Quartus and the NiosII EDS.

    Jens
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    15 years ago

    I found it rather misleading that they added such a large change in a incremental upgrade (9.0 to 9.1).

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    15 years ago

    Well I'm very disappointed that in the whole Altera forum there is no one who can tell me what I need to download to install the Altera tools.