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20 years ago<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div>
--- Quote Start --- "Reading System ID at address 0x021208D8: does not match ID value does not match: read 0xFFFFFFFF; expected 0xE62A3C72 Timestamp value does not match: image on board is older than expected Read timestamp 6:59:59 1970/01/01; expected 9:47:36 2006/01/20 The software you are downloading may not run on the system which is currently configured into the device "[/b] --- Quote End --- when you write a program for nios you are writen it for a specific target board. this error means that the fpga is configure to a different target board then the one your program was written for. you should program the fpga again. goto nios II ide ->tools-> quartus II progrmer and download the correct image to the fpga <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> --- Quote Start --- And when I call Programmer from Quartus II (version 4.2), it inform the following information: "File standard_time_limited.sof contains one or more time-limited megafunctions that support the OpenCore Plus feature that will not work after the hardware evalution time expires."[/b] --- Quote End --- this means that you have generated your system (with SOPC builder) without a valid license . if you don't have a valide license you won't be able to make the system run. if you don't have a valide license you can only use the example desgin altera supplied