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Cyclone III LS FPGA Development Kit User Guide
3. Software Installation
Introduction
This section explains how to install the following software:
Altera Complete Design Suite
Cyclone III LS FPGA Development Kit
USB-Blaster
™
driver
Installing the Altera Complete Design Suite
The Altera Complete Design Suite provides the necessary tools used for developing
hardware and software for Altera FPGAs. Included on the Altera Complete Design
Suite DVD are the Quartus II software and the Nios II EDS. The Quartus II software
(including SOPC Builder) and the Nios II EDS are the primary FPGA development
tools used to create the reference designs in this development kit. To install the Altera
software tools, perform the following steps:
1. Insert the Altera Complete Design Suite DVD into your computer.
2. Follow the installer instructions to complete the installation process.
f
If you have difficulty installing the Quartus II software, refer to the
.
Licensing Considerations
Before using the Quartus II software, you must request a license file from the
e on the Altera website and install it on your computer. When you
request a license file, Altera emails you a license.dat file that enables the software.
To license the Quartus II software, you need your computer’s network interface card
(NIC) ID, a number that uniquely identifies your computer. On the computer you’ll
use to run the Quartus II software, type
ipconfig
/all
at a command prompt to
determine the NIC ID. Your NIC ID is the 12-digit hexadecimal number on the
Physical Address
line.
To obtain a license, perform the following steps.
1. Go to th
page on the Altera website.
2. Under Development Kit Licenses Request, click Licenses for RoHS-Compliant
Kits
.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to request your license. Altera sends you a
license file through email.
4. To install your license, refer to Specifying the License File in
.