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Overview of Nios II Embedded Development
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The Nios II Software Developer's Handbook has been divided into two documents - Nios II Classic Software
Developer's Handbook and Nios II Gen2 Software Developer's Handbook.
• The Nios II Classic Software Developer's Handbook is familiar to past users. There are no future updates
planned for this version.
• The Nios II Gen2 Software Developer's Handbook describes embedded software development tools for
the Nios II Gen2. It does not describe IP cores. Future updates are planned for this version.
The Nios
®
II Classic Software Developer’s Handbook provides the basic information needed to develop
embedded software for the Altera
®
Nios II processor. This handbook describes the Nios II software
development environment, the Nios II Embedded Design Suite (EDS) tools available to you, and the
process for developing software.
Related Information
Nios II Gen2 Software Developer's Handbook
For more information about the Gen2 version and for future updates.
Prerequisites for Understanding the Nios II Embedded Design Suite
The Nios II Classic Software Developer’s Handbook assumes you have a basic familiarity with embedded
processor concepts. You do not need to be familiar with any specific Altera technology or with Altera
development tools. Familiarity with Altera hardware development tools can give you a deeper
understanding of the reasoning behind the Nios II software development environment. However,
software developers can create and debug applications without further knowledge of Altera technology.
Finding Nios II EDS Files
When you install the Nios II EDS, you specify a root directory for the EDS file structure. This root
directory must be adjacent to the Quartus
®
II installation. When you install the latest release of the Nios II
EDS on the Windows operating system, choose a local root folder that identifies the content, for example:
c:\altera\<latest release number>\nios2eds.
Note:
For simplicity, this handbook refers to this directory as <Nios II EDS install path>.
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