Licensing The Ip - Altera Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit Cyclone III Edition User Manual

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Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone III Edition

Licensing the IP

After installing the Quartus II Web Edition software, you will have
installed an OpenCore Plus evaluation of the Nios II IP core. Any designs
you create operate in Altera's OpenCore Plus evaluation mode and allow
you to do the following:
1. Simulate the behavior of the Nios II processor IP in your system.
2. Verify the functionality of your design, as well as evaluate its size
and speed quickly and easily.
3. Generate time-limited device programming files for designs that
include a Nios II processor.
4. Program a device and verify your design in hardware.
OpenCore Plus hardware evaluation supports the following two modes
of operation:
Tethered—requires a JTAG connection between your board and the host
computer. If tethered mode is supported by all megafunctions in a design,
the device can operate for a longer time or indefinitely.
Untethered—the design runs for a limited time.
To ship designs with the Nios II IP Core you need to obtain a license for
the Nios II IP (IP-NIOS). To obtain a license you can:
1. Contact your local Altera representative at
www.altera.com/corporate/contact/con-index.html
2. Use the Altera Tools Support at
www.altera.com/corporate/contact/info/con-phone.html
today.
Nios II Processor—To obtain a non-time-limited use license file for the
Nios II processor, you must purchase a stand-alone Nios II processor core
license (ordering code: IP-NIOS). Contact your local
or Altera Tools Support
Nios II C2H Compiler—You can create, compile, and generate time-
limited Nios II processor systems and hardware accelerators generated
by the Nios II C2H Compiler
OpenCore Plus evaluation feature. You must obtain a license for the Nios
II processor core (ordering code: IP-NIOS) and Nios II C2H Compiler
(ordering code: IPT-C2H-NIOS) to generate non-time-limited
Development Board Version 1.0.
to order today.
without obtaining a license file with the
to order
Altera representative
Altera Corporation
July 2010