User guide

What's New in the Nios II IDE
Note: No significant enhancements have been made to the Nios II Integrated
Development Environment v8.0 release. Refer to the Nios II Embedded Design Suite
Release Notes and Errata for a list of addressed errata. For information about converting
your IDE projects to Nios II software build tools projects, refer to the Porting IDE Projects
to the Software Build Tools Flow appendix of the Nios II Software Developer's Handbook.
What's New in the Nios II IDE v8.0:
Below are the most significant changes to the Nios II IDE for the v8.0 release.
Feature Description
Software examples
distributed on the
Web
Certain software examples, distributed with the Nios II IDE
through v7.2, are distributed on the Web starting in v8.0. The
Web-available software examples are as follows:
Example Name Location
Zip File System Nios Community Wiki
MicroC/OS-II Message Box Nios Community Wiki
Hello LED Nios Community Wiki
Host File System Nios Community Wiki
Dhrystone www.altera.com
MicroC/OS-II Tutorial www.altera.com
Tightly Coupled Memory www.altera.com
Custom Instruction Tutorial www.altera.com
Lightweight IP
software package no
longer supported
Use the NicheStack TCP/IP Stack.
What's New in the Nios II IDE v7.2:
Below are the most significant changes to the Nios II IDE for the v7.2 release.
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