User guide

Nios II IDE Help System

New Nios II System Library (New Project Wizard)

You open this wizard page by expanding Altera Nios II in the New Project wizard,

clicking System Library, and then clicking Next.

The System Library page of the New Project wizard allows you to create a new system

library for an SOPC Builder system.

The System Library page contains the following controls.

Name—Specifies a valid project name for the new project.

Specify Location—When off, the Nios II IDE creates the new project directory in the

default location specified in the New Projects preference page

. The name of the

project directory is the project name. Turning on Specify Location allows you to

specify an alternative project location in the Location box.

Note: Project directories cannot be nested. You cannot create a new project

inside the directory of an existing project.

Location—Specifies the base directory where the new project contents will reside.

Select Target Hardware—These options specify the target hardware.

o SOPC Builder System —Specifies the target SOPC Builder system. Select

from the drop-down list of recently used SOPC Builder systems, or click

Browse... to find a specific .ptf file.

o CPU—Specifies the target processor in the SOPC Builder system. If there is

only one processor in the system, the Nios II IDE selects it automatically. If

there are multiple processors, you must select one from the list.

Select Type of RTOS—These options specify the RTOS to build into the system

library. The following are the options available from Altera.

o None (single-threaded)—The Nios II IDE bases the system library on the

Altera hardware abstraction layer

(HAL) providing a single-threaded

environment.

o MicroC/OS-II—The Nios II IDE includes both the MicroC/OS-II real-time

kernel and the Altera HAL in the system library. This option is not available in

evaluation versions of the Nios II Embedded Design Suite.