Altera Arria GX - Manual (Page 10)

2–4 Getting Started User Guide Altera Corporation
Arria GX Development Kit October 2007
Software Installation
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The Quartus II software requires some minimum system requirements;
refer to the Altera website at
http://www.altera.com/products/software/products/quartus2web/
sof-quarwebmain.html
for details.
The Arria GX Development Kit provides all of the other hardware needed
to use the board.
Software Requirements
This kit requires the following software:
■ Windows XP operating system running on both computers
■ Quartus II Web Edition software version 7.2 or later.
1 Although it is already available on the DVD included in the kit,
you can also download the Quartus II software from the Altera
website at
http://www.altera.com/products/software/
products/quartus2web/sof-quarwebmain.html .
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Refer to the Quartus II Installation & Licensing for Windows document for
further information on the Quartus II system software requirements,
especially heeding the following:
● A web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later
or Firefox version 2.0 or later. You need a web browser to register
the Quartus II software and request license files. Refer to
“Licensing Considerations” on page 2–7 .
● Version 2.0 or later of the .NET framework. Refer to page 2–9 for
the .NET related issue.
Software
Installation The instructions in this section explain how to install the following:
■ Arria GX Development Kit CD-ROM
■ Arria GX Development Kit demo application and drivers
■ The Quartus II Web Edition Software DVD, including MegaCore
functions from the MegaCore IP Library
Installing the Arria GX Development Kit CD-ROM Contents
Perform this installation on Computer #1.
The Arria GX Development Kit CD-ROM contains the following items:
■ Arria GX Development Kit GUI application and drivers
■ Example design programming files