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16 years ago

Problems with creating a Nios II Application and BSP from Template in Eclipse

OK, I know I'm bleeding edge here (or maybe not so much).

I'm relatively new with using the Nios II Design Suite, though I've used Quartus with several other Altera boards. I probably did one project with Eclipse and the DE2 board back in Quartus II 7.x days.

I've upgraded my system to Windows 7. Got Quartus II 9.1, Nios II Embedded Design Suite 9.1 and Modelsim. Installed everything then had problems with using the Parallel Port BitBlaster. I now know this is a driver issue, so I'm going to work around that (use a USB BitBlaster). During this time I've worked on the Quartus side of the software (e.g. repair, modify, etc) only.

However, it did "work once" but now "not any more" deal. When I create a new project in Nios II Design Suite, I don't get the "nios ii application and bsp from template" option. It looks like the plain Eclipse deal. I did work once before (I have files to prove it) but now I don't get the option.

I've repaired, then removed/reinstalled Nios II EDS.

Anybody got any clues?

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    16 years ago

    Hi katchins.

    Unfortunately, I do not have an answer to your problem. In fact, I'm facing the same issue than you are, which is that after installing Quartus II 9.1, I can't get the "Nios II Application and BSP from Template" option when creating a Project with Eclipse. I'll add that I work with Windows XP, which probably means that the issue may not be platform related. Removing, re-installing, repairing both Quartus and Nios II EDS didn't resolve anything.

    I'd really appreciate any hint or idea on how to get that menu back.

    Tthegarde
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    16 years ago

    Wow. Lightning does strike twice. And I thought I was the lucky one :D

    Glad to know re-install of Quartus didn't work either. I was dreading that one.

    Anybody else have any clues????
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    16 years ago

    Seems to have a corrupt Eclipse environment.

    Try to uninstall NIOS EDS only and manually delete remaining NIOS folder before reinstall NIOS EDS.
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    16 years ago

    After uninstalling Nios II EDS, I indeed found some Eclipse files and folders remaining. I manually deleted them, then installed back Nios II EDS and I finally got the "nios ii application and bsp from template" back :). That probably was a problem of corrupted Eclipse.

    Thanks Pantxoa for your answer, and good luck Katchins ! ;)
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    16 years ago

    Also double check that your perspective is set to "NIOS II" since I believe the default is C/C++.

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    16 years ago

    wow, if only i had checked the forums earlier. ive had the same problem for 3months!! I found a way to work around it. apparently if you guys see under the nios folder, there is another subfolder called legacy nios or something, thats the IDE used in the old nios version.

    ive been using that for quite a while now ever since my eclipse decided to dissociate itself from nios

    thanks a lot!
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    16 years ago

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    After uninstalling Nios II EDS, I indeed found some Eclipse files and folders remaining. I manually deleted them, then installed back Nios II EDS and I finally got the "nios ii application and bsp from template" back :). That probably was a problem of corrupted Eclipse.

    Thanks Pantxoa for your answer, and good luck Katchins ! ;)

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    Thanks to Pantxoa - it does work!
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    15 years ago

    Thank you tthegarade and katchins.

    It worked :D Damn eclipse... Why did altera give up on IDE ? :P
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    15 years ago

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    Thanks to Pantxoa - it does work!

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    My thanks to you as well! I was having exactly this problem and had uninstalled and reinstalled EVERYTHING only to find it failed in the same way. This time after uninstalling NiosII EDS 9.1 I found and deleted all those extraneous Nios II EDS files. Now after installing Nios II EDS 9.1 again the SBT for Eclipse works correctly for the first time ever.

    Now I can get my project started!