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14 years ago

Trying to understand limitations of Web Edition tools

Hello My robotics club is intending using De0-Nano boards with Web Edition software for some experimentation/ From what I have read so far, it would seem that the NIOS core that comes with...
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14 years ago

NIOS has 3 flavors: /e (economic), /s (standard) and /f (fast).

The /e version is totally free nowadays. There's no time limit, no need to tether it to a host and you can distribute designs with it.

The /s and /f versions however, are not. Unless you buy a licence, you can only run them in evaluation mode (time limit or tethered to a host).

All features are supported.