This tutorial describes how to use the Nios II System Architect design tool to create Nios II systems and applications.
This document is a tutorial designed to teach users how to use the Quartus II software and the Nios II Embedded Design Suite (EDS) to implement a digital picture viewer on a Cyclone III FPGA. The guide focuses on building a processor-based hardware system for the Nios II Embedded Evaluation Kit, Cyclone II Edition (NEEK) and running software on it. It demonstrates the steps required to build complete, complex embedded designs using Altera design software.
You need the NEEK development board, Quartus II software version 11.0, and the Nios II Embedded Design Suite.
The hardware flow generates an FPGA image, and the software flow generates an executable file.