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Taking the Next Step
Nios II Hardware Development Tutorial May 2011 Altera Corporation
Taking the Next Step
Congratulations! You have completed building a Nios II hardware system and
running software on it. Through this tutorial, you have familiarized yourself with the
steps for developing a Nios II system:
■ Analyzing system requirements
■ Defining and generating Nios II system hardware in Qsys
■ Integrating the Qsys system into a Quartus II project
■ Compiling the Quartus II project and verifying timing
■ Creating a new project in the Nios II SBT for Eclipse
■ Compiling the project
■ Running the software on target hardware
The following documents provide next steps to further your understanding of the
Nios II processor:
■ Nios II Software Developer's Handbook—This handbook provides complete reference
for developing software for the Nios II processor.
■ The software development tutorial in the Getting Started with the Graphical User
Interface chapter of the Nios II Software Developer’s Handbook—This tutorial teaches
in detail how to use the Nios II SBT for Eclipse to develop, run, and debug new
Nios II C/C++ application projects.
■ Nios II Processor Reference Handbook—This handbook provides complete reference
for the Nios II processor hardware.
■ The System Design with Qsys section of Volume 1: Design and Synthesis of the
Quartus II Handbook—This volume provides complete reference on using Qsys,
including topics such as building memory subsystems, creating custom
components, and automatically generating interconnect fabric based on a
network-on-a-chip topology.
■ The Embedded Peripherals IP User Guide—This user guide contains details about the
components provided free as part of the Nios II EDS.
For a complete list of all documents available for the Nios II processor, refer to the
Literature: Nios II Processor page of the Altera website.