Specifications

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Hardware and Software Requirements
Using the NicheStack TCP/IP Stack - Nios II Edition Tutorial June 2011 Altera Corporation
Hardware and Software Requirements
This tutorial requires the following hardware and software:
■ Quartus
®
II software version 11.0 or later
■ Nios II Embedded Design Suite (EDS) version 11.0 or later
■ One of the following Altera development kit boards:
■ Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit (NEEK), Cyclone
®
III Edition
■ Embedded Systems Development Kit (ESDK), Cyclone III Edition
■ Stratix
®
IV GX FPGA Development Kit
■ Altera
®
USB-Blaster™ cable
■ RJ-45 connected Ethernet cable on the same network as the PC development host
To complete this tutorial, you must install the Nios II SBT for Eclipse and you must
connect your Altera development board to a host PC on the Ethernet and USB/JTAG
ports. For hardware setup instructions, refer to Appendix A, Hardware Setup Details.
Tutorial Files
The files for this tutorial are available in two .zip files on the Altera website. One file
contains the hardware design example and the other contains the software program
files.
Hardware Design Files
The Nios II Ethernet Standard Design Example page of the Altera website contains
the hardware design files to use with this tutorial. Navigate to the web page and
locate the Nios II Ethernet Standard design example .zip file that corresponds to your
board. Download and unzip the file in a directory of your choosing. The tutorial uses
<tutorial_files> to refer to this directory.
Software Files
The NicheStack tutorial software files .zip file (next to the link to this document on the
Literature: Nios II Processor page of the Altera website) contains the software
program files to use with this tutorial. Download and unzip the file in a directory of
your choosing. The tutorial uses <tutorial_files> to refer to this directory.