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LETNI321
New Contributor
New Contributorstarting to learn FPGAs
Hello everyone, I want to start learning FPGA development on my own. My operating system is Linux.Could you please tell me what software/tools I need to download to begin? Do I need a hardware prog...
FvM
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Super ContributorHi,
Altera has OS support doc for Quartus a d related Tools.
https://www.altera.com/design/guidance/software/os-support
You'll notice that e.g. new Ubuntu versions aren't supported by Questa simulator, thus you'd go for Ubuntu 20.04 if you prefer Ubuntu. You can use latest Quartus Prime Lite 25.1 for Cyclone 10 LP and MAX 10 devices respectively 26.1 Prime Pro 26.1 for Agilex 3 or 5. It has a free license for these devices.
Choice of FPGA series and development board depends much on your intended FPGA application, signal speed, logic complexity, required interfaces.
Regards Frank
