User guide

GUI Reference

Target Connection Tab (Run/Debug Dialog Box)

You open this tab by clicking the Target Connection tab on the Run/Debug dialog box

for Nios II Hardware configurations.

The Target Connection tab specifies how the IDE communicates with the target hardware.

The Target Connection tab contains the following settings.

JTAG cable—Specifies the Altera download cable (such as the USB Blaster) to use for

communicating with the Nios II processor. If you have only one cable, the automatic

value displays your cable. If more than one cable is connected, you must select a

specific cable.

o Refresh —Allows you to update the JTAG cable list if you change your JTAG

cables while the Run or Debug dialog box is open.

JTAG device—Specifies the device in the JTAG chain that contains the Nios II

processor. If there are multiple devices containing Nios II systems in the JTAG chain,

you must select a specific device.

o Refresh —Allows you to update the JTAG device list if you change your JTAG

cables while the Run or Debug dialog box is open.

Nios II Terminal communication device—Specifies the component (such as a JTAG

UART) in the SOPC Builder system to use for terminal communication. When the

selected device is a UART device, you must also specify which Host COM port to use.

Host COM port—Specifies which host COM port to use when the selected Nios II

terminal communication device is a UART device.

Additional nios2-terminal arguments—Specifies the command line arguments to

pass to nios2-terminal when launching. Specify the arguments as if running nios2-

terminal in a Nios II command shell. This option is for advanced users only.

Note: For details on nios2-terminal command line arguments, type nios2-

terminal --help from the Nios II command shell.