Altera Nios II - Manual (Page 7)

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October 2005 Nios II Evaluation Kit User Guide
Using the Nios II
Evaluation Kit
Introduction Welcome to the Nios II Evaluation Kit! This kit is a low-cost platform for
evaluating the Nios II family of embedded processors. In addition to the
Nios II evaluation board, the kit includes all the hardware and software
development tools, documentation, and accessories you need to begin
developing with the Nios II embedded processor.
This user guide will familiarize you with the contents of the Nios II
evaluation kit and walk you through setting up your Nios II development
environment. In this guide, you will:
■ Install the development tools
■ Set up and verify correct operation of the Nios II evaluation board
■ Establish communication between the Nios II evaluation board and
the host PC
■ Compile C code and download the code to the Nios II evaluation
board
When you finish this guide, you will be ready to begin designing with the
Nios II embedded processor. At your aid are additional tutorials, user
guides, and other documentation that go into greater detail regarding the
creation and programming of the Nios II processor.
Before You
Begin Before proceeding, check the contents of the kit and verify that you
received the following items:
■ Nios II evaluation board
■ USB cable
■ Ethernet cable
■ Ethernet-crossover connector
■ Altera Design Software Suite
■ Nios II Evaluation Kit User Guide (this document)
Development
Tools The kit includes the Altera Design Software Suite from Altera. This suite
contains the following development tools:
■ Nios II Embedded Processor Evaluation Edition
■ Quartus II Web Edition Software