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Altera_Forum · ‎02-26-2007

Hi,

I am confused between buying either a stratix 2 NIOS II dev. kit or a stratix 2 DSP kit. while I was reviewing the properities of each I stopped at something.

DSP Kit

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- Doesn't include NIOS II IDE with it.

Questions

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- I noticed that the DSP kit conatin any of the NIOS set (IDE,..etc). Does that mean that the can't DSP kit work with NIOS II processor ?

- If it works does that mean that I will have to use the evaluation edition of NIOS IDE if I want to use NIOS processor on my DSP kit ?

Thanks

Altera_Forum · ‎02-28-2007

There is no Nios II license with the DSP kit, so you will have to use a time limited version of the processor or buy a license separately. But there is an example processor design coming with the kit. There is a DSP builder license with the DSP kit package.

If you plan to use Linux or at least Ethernet on Nios than the Nios II kit is more appropriate.

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