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10 years ago

AOCL SDK trial license

Hello to everybody,

I ordered a board with stratix v fpga. I'm waiting for it and the altera opencl sdk license. In the mean time I'd like to start with some simple programs, like the famous hello_world and others.

This is my first experience with this tool chain, so I have three questions for users that already started to use it:

- The document altera sdk for opencl getting started guide reports : "obtain the aocl license from the altera self service licensing center. the aocl license allows the software to access relevant quartus ii software functionalities and device support without an additional quartus ii software license." So, I understood the only license required is the aocl sdk. Is it true?

- Is there an aocl sdk trial license or something like that?

- I have not the board yet. Does aocl sdk provide a simulator tool in order to execute some programs without the board?

Thanks for your time

Cheers

Michele

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    - Is there an aocl sdk trial license or something like that?

    - I have not the board yet. Does aocl sdk provide a simulator tool in order to execute some programs without the board?

    --- Quote End ---

    - Yes, there is a trial license but does not allow you to compile.

    - Yes there is a simulator (look at Emulating and Debugging Your OpenCL Kernel in the AOCL programming guide); but, for what I know, in order to use the aoc you need a valid license or you will get an error like aoc: can't find a valid license for the altera sdk for opencl.
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    10 years ago

    Hi nicolacdnll,

    Can you show me some references (links, documentations, etc.) about the trial license, please?

    thanks a lot for your answer.
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    10 years ago

    I guess you can find references at the Altera webpage. The error message I posted is what I get if I do not specify any valid license file when I try to run aoc.