User guide

Creating Projects

4. Select a specific processor for the project in the CPU list. If your SOPC Builder

system has only one processor, the Nios II IDE sets CPU automatically.

5. Select an RTOS

in the Type of RTOS list.

6. Click Finish. The Nios II IDE creates a new directory for your Nios II system

library project, and adds your project to the list of available projects in the Nios II

C/C++ Projects view.

Note: After creating a new Nios II system library project, you generally need to use

the System Library page of the Properties dialog box to configure the system library

to interact with the target hardware appropriately.

To create a Nios II C/C++ library project:

Follow these steps using the Nios II C/C++ Library page of the New Project wizard.

1. Type a meaningful valid project name in the Name box.

2. Specify a location for the Nios II C/C++ library project by doing one of the

following.

Turn off Specify Location. The Nios II IDE creates the new project

directory in the Nios II IDE workspace folder, unless you have previously

set another custom default location on the New Projects preference

page. The name of the project directory is the project name.

Turn on Specify Location and specify an alternative project location in

the Location box. You can click the Browse... button immediately

adjacent to the Location box to browse the file system.

3. Click Finish. The Nios II IDE creates a new directory for your Nios II C/C++

library project, and adds your project to the list of available projects in the Nios II

C/C++ Projects view.

Note: To associate the library with a C/C++ application project, use the Project

References page of the Properties dialog box for the C/C++ application project .

To create a Nios II user-makefile C/C++ application project:

A Nios II user-makefile C/C++ application project is the same as a standard make project

in the Eclipse C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT). Refer to Related Topics

for more

information about standard make projects.

Once your new project exists, you can edit the code

, create new files within the Nios II IDE, or

import files

into your project from outside the Nios II IDE.