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Hi Njoroge,
RiscFree also supports Cyclone V HPS. But otherwise you are correct. Arm DS only debugs Arm cores. RiscFree debugs HPS and Nios V.
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Occasional ContributorFrom what I gathered, Ashling RiscFree IDE can be used for all hard and sofcore processors software development of the 10 series and Agilex devices since it supports both Risc-V and ARM ISAs while Arm-DS can only be used for Arm HPS processors but supports all Altera FPSoCs.
Hence, for example, if I plan to use the Agilex 5 or Arria 10 SoC devices, all I need is the RiscFree IDE for all software development for both the Nios-V and HPS processor cores. If I was using the Cyclone-V SoC devices, I would need RiscFree for the Nios soft processor then Arm-DS for the HPS. Correct me if wrong.
Thank you
ContributorHi Njoroge,
RiscFree also supports Cyclone V HPS. But otherwise you are correct. Arm DS only debugs Arm cores. RiscFree debugs HPS and Nios V.
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