Writing C code in Nios II IDE

[Altera_Forum]

I am just familiarizing myself the usage of Altera/NIOS packages. For test purposes, I am trying to count the number of clock ticks taken to display "Hello World" 10000 times. 

 What peripherals do I need to add in it to make it working?

[Altera_Forum]

The performance counter is probably good enough, no? I'll let you do your own hunting to find information on it... :-) 

 -slacker

[Altera_Forum]

Performance counter.. fast and simple to use.

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  The performance counter is probably good enough, no? I'll let you do your own hunting to find information on it... :-)   -slacker  --- Quote End ---   Hi! I'm writing a C code to run on Nios II to produce a sine wave. I'll have to have it compared to a triangular wave, written in VHDL with the comparator also in VHDL. How can I link the C and VHDL codes? Or does the C code get converted to VHDL?