Licensing the ip – Altera Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit Cyclone III Edition User Manual
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Altera Corporation
Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition
July 2010
Software Installation
Licensing the IP
After installing the Quartus II Web Edition software, you will have
installed an OpenCore Plus evaluation of the Nios II IP core. Any designs
you create operate in Altera’s OpenCore Plus evaluation mode and allow
you to do the following:
1.
Simulate the behavior of the Nios II processor IP in your system.
2.
Verify the functionality of your design, as well as evaluate its size
and speed quickly and easily.
3.
Generate time-limited device programming files for designs that
include a Nios II processor.
4.
Program a device and verify your design in hardware.
OpenCore Plus hardware evaluation supports the following two modes
of operation:
Tethered
—requires a JTAG connection between your board and the host
computer. If tethered mode is supported by all megafunctions in a design,
the device can operate for a longer time or indefinitely.
Untethered
—the design runs for a limited time.
To ship designs with the Nios II IP Core you need to obtain a license for
the Nios II IP (IP-NIOS). To obtain a license you can:
1.
Contact your local Altera representative at
2.
Use the Altera Tools Support at
to order
today.
Nios II Processor
—To obtain a non-time-limited use license file for the
Nios II processor, you must purchase a stand-alone Nios II processor core
license (ordering code: IP-NIOS). Contact your local
to order today.
Nios II C2H Compiler
—You can create, compile, and generate time-
limited Nios II processor systems and hardware accelerators generated
by the
without obtaining a license file with the
OpenCore Plus evaluation feature. You must obtain a license for the Nios
II processor core (ordering code: IP-NIOS) and Nios II C2H Compiler
(ordering code: IPT-C2H-NIOS) to generate non-time-limited