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How do i open a design example in the nios ii ide – Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition User Manual

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Altera Corporation

Development Board Version 1.0.

A–2

July 2010

Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition

4.

Re-insert the SD-Card to LCD Multimedia HSMC. The next time
you run the PlanetWeb Digital Photo Frame application, these new
pictures will be found and displayed.

How do I add my own design so the Application Selector can find
and run it?

The Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition
provides an elegant way to add designs such that a user can scroll
through and select the design of choice using the application selector.

To convert your own Nios II design into an application which is loadable
by the Application Selector utility you will need the following

1.

A hardware image (a Cyclone III 3C120 .SOF file)

2.

A software image which runs on that hardware (an Executable and
Linked Format or .ELF file).

3.

An SD Card reader

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For a step by step instructions refer to

“Creating your own Ready-to-Run

Applications” on page 5–5

.

Where do I go to get more designs for the Altera Embedded
Systems Development Kit?

Be sure to check for the latest demos available for download to your
development kit by visiting the web site:

www.altera.com/esdk

You will be able to download the designs to your local drive and add
them to your SD Card by placing them in the SD Card folder entitled
altera_3C120_apps

. The application selector should automatically detect

these new designs and load them on to your kit.

How do I open a design example in the Nios II IDE?

Several example applications have been provided to you in source code
form so that you can use them to learn how to develop your own software
applications. The example applications have been provided in the Nios II
Software Build flow format, i.e. in the form of application (APP) and
board support package (BSP).