– Read the software development tutorial for a Nios® II soft core processor in chapter 9 of the book “Embedded SoPC Design With Nios® II Processor And VHDL Examples”. The tutorial uses the SOPC builder to create a Nios® II design and the Eclipse based Integrated Development Interface (IDE) to develop software for the designed Nios® II. The laboratory computer has the Qsys software installed and not the SOPC builder. Although the Qsys and the SOPC builder accomplish the same function, which is the design of System On A Chip (SOC) or a System on A Programmable Chip (SOPC), their interfaces are different.
– Watched the software design part of the tutorial “How to Run Nios II Application Using Quarthus and Qsys”. In this tutorial a simple “hello world” message is printed in the console of the Eclipse IDE for software development to a Nios® II soft core processor. Went through the tutorial, but the “hello world” message did not appear on the console for some unknown reason. Link for the tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS7pAp5EWRQ
