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Altera_Forum
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18 years ago

[rant] SOPC Builder 7.1 sucks!

It feels more redundant and bloated than ever. Every time you open a component, it has to refresh the entire "Component List" even if you didn't change anything! Why update the WHOLE list? And w...
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Altera_Forum
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18 years ago

Yep I agree it sucks!

I have yet to get any pre 7.1 projects to work correctly, and I currently can't get any new projects to work in it.

I also have a simple project with a NIOS II/F created in 7.1 sp1 SOPC builder and the JTAG DOES NOT WORK! Even though I have a NIOS II/F core with debugger level 2, and I can see the JTAG interface in the PTF file, NIOS IDE refuses to 'see' it at all and claims I don't have a debugger interface!

Any ideas?