Downloading a hardware image to the fpga – Altera Nios II User Manual

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Altera Corporation

Nios II Development Kit Getting Started User Guide

May 2007

Starting the Nios II Development Tools

2.

When the Quartus II window appears, on the File menu, click Open
Project

.

1

Be sure to choose Open Project and not Open.

3.

Browse to the directory <Nios II EDS install path>\examples\
verilog\niosII_

<board type>\standard for your board. Replace

niosII_

<board type> with a directory name shown in

Table 1–1

.

4.

Select the file <directory name>_standard.qpf and click Open. The
<directory name>_standard.qpf file contains project definitions for
the example design used in this getting started user guide.

For example, the Nios II Development Kit, Stratix Edition, Quartus II
project file is located at <Nios II EDS install path>\examples\verilog\
niosII_cyclone_2c35\standard\NiosII_cyclone_2c35_standard.qpf

.

1

You can use the vhdl directory instead of the verilog directory,
if you prefer the VHDL language.

Downloading a Hardware Image to the FPGA

To download the Nios II SRAM Object File (.sof) image to the Nios
development board, follow these steps:

1.

On the Tools menu, click Programmer.

2.

Click Hardware Setup.

3.

Select USB-Blaster in the Currently selected hardware list and click
Close

.

4.

Turn on Program/Configure, located on the same row as <directory
name
>_standard.sof.

Table 1–1. Design File Directory Names

Nios Development Board

Directory Name

Stratix II Edition

niosII_stratixII_2s60 or niosII_stratixII_2s60_es

Stratix Edition

niosII_stratix_1s10 or niosII_stratix_1s10_es

Cyclone II Edition

niosII_cycloneII_2c35

Cyclone

Edition

niosII_cyclone_1c20

Stratix Professional Edition

niosII_stratix_1s40

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