Altera SerialLite II IP Core - Manual (Page 14)

Chapter 1: About This MegaCore Function 1–9
Installation and Licensing
January 2014 Altera Corporation SerialLite II MegaCore Function
User Guide
Figure 1–4 shows the directory structure after you install the SerialLite II MegaCore
function, where <path> is the installation directory. The default installation directory
on Windows is c:\altera\<version>; on Linux, it is /opt/altera<version>.
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For details on installation and licensing, refer to Altera Software Installation & Licensing .
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
■ Generate time-limited device programming files for designs that include
megafunctions
■ Program a device and verify your design in hardware
OpenCore Plus Time-Out Behavior
OpenCore Plus hardware evaluation supports the following two operation modes:
■ Untethered—the design runs for a limited time.
■ Tethered—requires a 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.
All megafunctions in a device time out simultaneously when the most restrictive
evaluation time is reached. If there is more than one megafunction in a design, a
specific megafunction's time-out behavior may be masked by the time-out behavior of
the other megafunctions.
1 For MegaCore functions, the untethered time-out is 1 hour; the tethered time-out
value is indefinite.
Figure 1–4. SerialLite II MegaCore Function Directory Structure
lib
Contains encrypted lower-level design files.
ip
Contains the Altera MegaCore IP Library and third-party IP cores.
<path>
Installation directory.
altera
Contains the Altera MegaCore IP Library.
common
Contains shared components.
seriallite_ii
Contains the SerialLite II MegaCore function files.