Altera Nios II - Manual (Page 3)

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October 2005 Nios II Evaluation Kit User Guide
Contents
About this User Guide ............................................................................. v
How to Contact Altera .............................................................................................................................. v
Typographic Conventions .................................................................................................................. 1–vi
Using the Nios II Evaluation Kit .................................................................. 7
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1–7
Before You Begin ................................................................................................................................... 1–7
Development Tools ............................................................................................................................... 1–7
The Altera Design Software Suite .................................................................................................. 1–8
Installing the Development Tools .................................................................................................. 1–8
The Nios II Evaluation Board .............................................................................................................. 1–9
Setting Up the Nios II Evaluation Board .................................................................................... 1–10
Verifying Correct Operation of the Nios II Evaluation Board ................................................. 1–11
Instructions for Restoring the Factory Configuration ............................................................... 1–12
Using Nios II Linux ............................................................................................................................. 1–13
Opening a Terminal Connection to Linux .................................................................................. 1–13
Logging into Nios II Linux ............................................................................................................ 1–13
Enabling Network Support ........................................................................................................... 1–14
Configuring Network Support Manually ............................................................................. 1–14
Configuring Network Support with DHCP .......................................................................... 1–14
Using Sample Network Applications .......................................................................................... 1–15
Starting the Nios II Development Tools ........................................................................................... 1–16
Starting the Quartus II Software .................................................................................................. 1–16
Downloading a Hardware Image to the FPGA ......................................................................... 1–16
Starting the Nios II IDE from SOPC Builder .............................................................................. 1–17
Building Your First Software Project ........................................................................................... 1–17
Downloading Executable Code to the Nios II Evaluation Board ............................................ 1–19
Taking the Next Step ........................................................................................................................... 1–21
Writing Software for the Nios II Processor ................................................................................. 1–21
Creating Customized Processor Systems ................................................................................... 1–22
Learning More about the Nios II Processor ................................................................................ 1–22