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Altera_Forum
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12 years ago

command line utilities on OSX?

Has anyone attempted to run the command line utilities (jtagconfig, nios2-configure-sof, nios2-terminal, etc.) from an OSX command line? I'd like to program and flash my Cyclone firmware / Nios 2 so...
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12 years ago

The short answer is that you can't- they're distributed as Linux binaries and thus won't run under Darwin. There is code for a buspirate to load .sof's over JTAG, which is a bit of a hassle but I did get it to work a while back.

I run iverilog and GTKwave on my laptop (osx) so I can still work on and sim my code while I'm out and about, but I have to use my desktop to interface hardware still.