Altera Nios II - Manual (Page 20)

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Nios II Development Kit Getting Started User Guide May 2007
Starting the Nios II Development Tools
Downloading Executable Code to the Nios Development Board
From the Nios II IDE, perform the following steps to download
executable code and run it on the board.
1. On the Run menu, click Run.... The Run dialog box appears.
2. Right-click Nios II Hardware in the configurations list, and then
click New.
3. Click the Target Connection tab.
4. From the JTAG cable list, select USB-Blaster. In a moment, the Run
button becomes active. See
Figure 1–4 .
Figure 1–4. Run Dialog in the Nios II IDE
5. Click Run at the bottom of the dialog box. The hello_world_0
software image downloads to the Nios development board and
begins running.