Altera Nios II - Manual (Page 17)

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May 2007 Nios II Development Kit Getting Started User Guide
Getting Started
5. Click Start.
Upon download success, the Messages window will display “Info:
successfully performed operation(s).” If you do not see this message,
check your cable connections and the Quartus II Programmer
hardware setup.
Starting the Nios II IDE from SOPC Builder
Now that you have configured the FPGA with a Nios II system, you can
proceed to the Nios II IDE to download software to the processor.
To start the Nios II IDE, perform the following steps:
1. On the Tools menu in the Quartus II software, click SOPC Builder.
2. When the SOPC Builder window opens, click on the System
Generation
tab.
3. Click Nios II IDE to start the Nios II IDE. See Figure 1–2 .
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In the future, you can launch the Nios II IDE directly
without running the Quartus II software. On the Windows
Start menu point to All Programs, Altera, Nios II EDS
<version>, and then click Nios II <version> IDE.
Figure 1–2. Starting the Nios II IDE from SOPC Builder