[MAX-10] NIOS-II -> what FPGA resources will be taken

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Hi All, 

 I'm considering to use NIOS-II in the MAX-II device for arithmetic calculations.   As far as I understand, there are several configurations for NIOS-II (economic, fast, etc).   How can I know how many resources (Logic Elements, Memory Blocks, etc) each configuration requires?   What's maximum size of Memory (RAM) might be attached to NIOS-II? Can it use an external DDR Memory?   Actually I don't need any RTOS on the NIOS-II, just bare metal code will be ran there...   Thank you!

[Altera_Forum]

Chapter 5 of the "nios ii gen2 processor reference guide (https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu-nii5v1gen2.pdf)" gives some guidelines on expected resource utilisation. 

 Yes, you can host DDR memory from a MAX 10 device. Have a read of an-730 (https://www.altera.com/en_us/pdfs/literature/an/an730.pdf). It discusses it in detail.  Cheers, Alex