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Reference Manual

Altera Corporation

Nios Development Board Cyclone II Edition

May 2007

About this Manual

Typographic
Conventions

This document uses the typographic conventions shown below.

Product literature

Website

www.altera.com/literature

Altera literature services

Email

[email protected]

Non-technical support (General)

(Software Licensing)

Email

[email protected]

Email

[email protected]

Note to table:

(1)

You can also contact your local Altera sales office or sales representative.

Contact

(1)

Contact
Method

Address

Visual Cue

Meaning

Bold Type with Initial
Capital Letters

Command names, dialog box titles, checkbox options, and dialog box options are
shown in bold, initial capital letters. Example: Save As dialog box.

bold type

External timing parameters, directory names, project names, disk drive names,
filenames, filename extensions, and software utility names are shown in bold
type. Examples: f

MAX

, \qdesigns directory, d: drive, chiptrip.gdf file.

Italic Type with Initial Capital
Letters

Document titles are shown in italic type with initial capital letters. Example: AN 75:
High-Speed Board Design.

Italic type

Internal timing parameters and variables are shown in italic type.
Examples: t

PIA

, n + 1.

Variable names are enclosed in angle brackets (< >) and shown in italic type.
Example: , .pof file.

Initial Capital Letters

Keyboard keys and menu names are shown with initial capital letters. Examples:
Delete key, the Options menu.

“Subheading Title”

References to sections within a document and titles of on-line help topics are
shown in quotation marks. Example: “Typographic Conventions.”

Courier type

Signal and port names are shown in lowercase Courier type. Examples:

data1

,

tdi

,

input.

Active-low signals are denoted by suffix

n

, e.g.,

resetn

.

Anything that must be typed exactly as it appears is shown in Courier type. For
example:

c:\qdesigns\tutorial\chiptrip.gdf

. Also, sections of an

actual file, such as a Report File, references to parts of files (e.g., the AHDL
keyword

SUBDESIGN

), as well as logic function names (e.g.,

TRI

) are shown in

Courier.

1., 2., 3., and
a., b., c., etc.

Numbered steps are used in a list of items when the sequence of the items is
important, such as the steps listed in a procedure.

Bullets are used in a list of items when the sequence of the items is not important.

v

The checkmark indicates a procedure that consists of one step only.