User guide

Tutorials

About Tutorials

The Nios II IDE provides tutorials so beginning Nios II developers can become familiar with the

development environment, user interface, and software development process. The following

sections describe tutorials available in the Nios II IDE. The Altera website also provides

tutorials that Nios II developers might find useful.

Quick-Start Tutorial:

This tutorial guides you through the process of creating a new project, compiling it, and

running it on a Nios development board. You will create a new Nios II C/C++ application

project, and compile a hello world program.

To start the Nios II quick-start tutorial, do the following:

1. On the Help menu, click Cheat Sheets.

2. Expand Altera Nios II.

3. Click Nios II Quick-Start Tutorial.

4. Click OK.

Software Development Tutorial:

This tutorial provides the information you need to create, build, and debug a Nios II

C/C++ application and its associated Nios II system library. The tutorial steps you through

running and debugging Nios II software on a target board or the instruction set

simulator. It also explains various options available for configuring your project.

The tutorial is part of this help system and contains the following topics:

Creating a Nios II C/C++ Application Project—Create a Nios II C/C++ application

project containing your application code and corresponding build settings.

Building the Project—Build your Nios II C/C++ application project.

Running the Project—Set up a run/debug configuration and run your application

code on a target board or the instruction set simulator.

Debugging the Project—Debug your code, set breakpoints, step though your code,

and view memory contents.

Editing the Project Properties—Edit your application project and system library

properties.

Use the links near the bottom of each tutorial page to advance to the next and previous

tutorial pages.