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Opencore plus evaluation, Opencore plus evaluation –4 – Altera ASI MegaCore Function User Manual

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Chapter 1: About This MegaCore Function

Installation and Licensing

Asynchronous Serial Interface (ASI) MegaCore Function User Guide

January 2014

Altera Corporation

Figure 1–1 on page 1–4

shows the directory structure after you install the ASI

MegaCore function, where <path> is the installation directory. The default installation
directory on Windows is c:\altera\; on Linux it is /opt/altera.

You need to obtain a license for the MegaCore function only when you are completely
satisfied with its functionality and performance, and want to take your design to
production.

After you obtain a license for ASI, you can request a license file from the Altera web
site at

www.altera.com/licensing

and install it on your computer. When you request a

license file, Altera emails you a license.dat file. If you do not have Internet access,
contact your local Altera representative.

OpenCore Plus Evaluation

With Altera’s free OpenCore Plus evaluation feature, you can perform the following
actions:

Simulate the behavior of a megafunction (Altera MegaCore function or AMPP

SM

megafunction) within your system

Verify the functionality of your design, as well as evaluate its size and speed
quickly and easily

Figure 1–1. Directory Structure

example
Contains an example design, see AN 344: ASI Demonstration.

ip
Contains the Altera MegaCore IP Library and third-party IP cores.


Installation directory.

altera
Contains the Altera MegaCore IP Library.

common
Contains shared components.

asi
Contains the ASI MegaCore function files.

lib
Contains encrypted lower-level design files and other support files.

simulation
Contains simulation files.

asi_mc_build
Contains the MegaCore function function files for the testbench.

ts_packet_gen
Contains the TS packet generator files for the testbench.

modelsim
Contains the Altera MegaCore IP Library and third-party IP cores.

modelsim
Contains the Modelsim simulation files.

testbench
Contains the testbench files.

quartus
Contains the Quartus II NativeLink project.