How to Contact Altera .............................................................................................................................. v
Typographic Conventions ........................................................................................................................ v
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1–1
Software and Hardware Requirements ........................................................................................ 1–1
Nios II Build Flows .......................................................................................................................... 1–2
Nios II IDE Build Flow 4
Download Hardware Design to the Target FPGA ...................................................................... 1–4
Create the hello_world Example Project ....................................................................................... 1–7
Build and Run the Program .......................................................................................................... 1–10
Configure System Properties ........................................................................................................ 1–13
Edit and Re-Run the Program ...................................................................................................... 1–15
Debugging the Application .......................................................................................................... 1–16
Nios II Software Build Flow 17
Create a New Software Project ..................................................................................................... 1–17
Run the hello_world Application ................................................................................................ 1–19
Configure the Application ............................................................................................................ 1–20
Edit and Re-Run the Program ...................................................................................................... 1–23
Debugging the Application .......................................................................................................... 1–24
Why the LED Blinks ............................................................................................................................ 1–25
Next Steps ............................................................................................................................................. 1–26