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16 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-insta...
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16 years ago

Nios II IDE is based on Eclipse, so is Nios II Software Built Tool for Eclipse. the old IDE was a customized version of Eclipse, the new SBT is an add on for Eclipse. this means you can update Eclipse independently of the Altera tools for bug fixes or other reasons.