Altera Excalibur APEX 20K200E Getting Started
Altera Excalibur APEX 20K200E Getting Started

Altera Excalibur APEX 20K200E Getting Started

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Nios Embedded Processor
Getting Started
User Guide
January 2002
Version 2.0
101 Innovation Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
(408) 544-7000
http://www.altera.com
A-UG-NIOSGSG-2.0

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  • Page 1 Nios Embedded Processor Getting Started User Guide January 2002 Version 2.0 101 Innovation Drive San Jose, CA 95134 (408) 544-7000 http://www.altera.com A-UG-NIOSGSG-2.0...
  • Page 2 Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other product or service names are the property of their respective holders. Altera products are protected under numerous U.S.
  • Page 3: How To Find Information

    Numerous links, shown in green text, allow you to jump to related information. ® How to Contact For the most up-to-date information about Altera products, go to the Altera world-wide web site at http://www.altera.com. Altera Altera Corporation...
  • Page 4: Typographic Conventions

    Pacific Time) http://www.altera.com/mysupport/ http://www.altera.com/mysupport/ FTP site ftp.altera.com ftp.altera.com Note: You can also contact your local Altera sales office or sales representative. Typographic The Nios Embedded Processor Getting Started User Guide uses the typographic conventions shown in Table Conventions Table 3. Conventions...
  • Page 5 The checkmark indicates a procedure that consists of one step only. The hand points to information that requires special attention. The angled arrow indicates you should press the Enter key. The feet direct you to more information on a particular topic. Altera Corporation...
  • Page 7: Before You Begin

    Nios 32-Bit Programmer’s Reference Manual Nios Embedded Processor Design Tools Box Nios Embedded Processor CD-ROM GNUPro Toolkit CD-ROM ® Quartus II Limited Edition CD-ROM ® LeonardoSpectrum CD-ROM Third-Party Tool Evaluation CD-ROMS GNUPro Printed Documentation Box GNUPro printed documentation Altera Corporation...
  • Page 8: Important Considerations

    To Install the Nios Embedded Processor CD-ROM The Nios embedded processor CD-ROM is found in the Nios Embedded Processor Design Tools Box. When you insert the Nios embedded processor CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive, the install program begins. Follow the install directions. Altera Corporation...
  • Page 9 CD-ROMS. The Nios Use the Nios development board to begin developing embedded systems running on an Altera programmable device. A 32-bit Nios CPU running a Development boot monitor is pre-loaded into Flash memory and boots on power-up.
  • Page 10 Board From the Windows Start Menu, select Altera> Excalibur Nios 2.0> Nios SDK Shell. The shell window appears and displays a shell prompt, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 11 Nios CPU, displays the first few lines of memory starting at address 0000, as shown in Figure 2. You have established communications and are now ready to download application software to the development board. Altera Corporation...
  • Page 12: Testing The System

    This command places you in the default software development directory for the vhdl version of the example design. This design is pre- programmed into the development board Flash memory. If you prefer working with verilog designs, type the following command: cd verilog/standard_32/cpu_sdk/src Altera Corporation...
  • Page 13 Nios system is now working. You are now ready to start designing your own Nios system. Select Start > Programs > Altera > Excalibur Nios 2.0 > Altera Excalibur Nios Documentation from the Windows Start Menu to access the Nios Tutorial.
  • Page 14 Nios development board and provides the technical details of its components. For Nios board schematics, select Start > Programs > Altera > Excalibur Nios 2.0 > Altera Excalibur Nios Documentation from the Windows Start Menu. Nios Software Development Reference Manual This reference manual (nios_software_development_reference.pdf) provides...
  • Page 15 Avalon™ bus. It defines terms and concepts of SOPC designs based on the Avalon bus architecture used for connecting on-chip processors and peripherals into a system on a programmable chip (SOPC). Avalon bus signal functions and timing are defined. Altera Corporation...
  • Page 16 Windows, Solaris and HPUX. It also contains instructions for software licensing. For More For updates and newly created Nios documentation, go to the Excalibur section of the Altera web site at http://www.altera.com. If you need Information technical support, contact the Altera Applications department at http://www.altera.com/mysupport.

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