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    Literature: Nios II Processor

    This page lists the Nios II literature available at the time of release of the Nios II Embedded Design Suite (EDS) v14.1. For the latest and most up-to-date documentation, visit Altera's on-line literature page.

    Other related documents, such as tutorials and user guides, cover specific topics that are not included in the handbooks.

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    Nios II Processor Reference Handbook

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      Section I. Nios II Processor Design

      • Chapter 1. Introduction
      • Chapter 2. Processor Architecture
      • Chapter 3. Programming Model
      • Chapter 4. Instantiating the Nios II Processor in SOPC Builder
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      Section II. Nios II Processor Implementation and Reference

      • Chapter 5. Nios II Core Implementation Details
      • Chapter 6. Nios II Processor Revision History
      • Chapter 7. Application Binary Interface
      • Chapter 8. Instruction Set Reference
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    Nios II Software Developer's Handbook

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      Section I. Nios II Software Development

      • Chapter 1. Overview
      • Chapter 2. Getting Started with the Graphical User Interface
      • Chapter 3. Getting Started from the Command Line
      • Chapter 4. Nios II Software Build Tools
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      Section II. Hardware Abstraction Layer

      • Chapter 5. Overview of the Hardware Abstraction Layer
      • Chapter 6. Developing Programs Using the Hardware Abstraction Layer
      • Chapter 7. Developing Device Drivers for the Hardware Abstraction Layer
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      Section III. Advanced Programming Topics

      • Chapter 8. Exception Handling
      • Chapter 9. Cache and Tightly-Coupled Memory
      • Chapter 10. MicroC/OS-II Real Time Operating System
      • Chapter 11. Ethernet and the NicheStack TCP/IP Stack - Nios II Edition
      • Chapter 12. Read-Only Zip File System
      • Chapter 13. Publishing Component Information to Embedded Software
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      Section IV. Reference Material

      • Chapter 14. HAL API Reference
      • Chapter 15. Nios II Software Build Tools Reference

      Appendix A. Using the Nios II Integrated Development Environment

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    Embedded Design Handbook

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      Section I. Introduction

      • Chapter 1. First-Time Designer's Guide
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      Section II. Nios II Software Development

      • Chapter 2. Developing Nios II Software
      • Chapter 3. Debugging Nios II Designs
      • Chapter 4. Nios II Command-Line Tools
      • Chapter 5. Optimizing Nios II C2H Compiler Results
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      Section III. System Level Design

      • Chapter 6. Avalon Memory-Mapped Design Optimizations
      • Chapter 7. Memory System Design
      • Chapter 8. Hardware Acceleration and Coprocessing
      • Chapter 9. Verification and Board Bring-Up
      • Chapter 10. Interfacing an External Processor to an Altera
      • Chapter 11. Avalon-MM Byte Ordering Considerations FPGA

    Related Documentation

     
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    Release Notes

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    Nios II Hardware Development

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    Software Development

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    Hardware Acceleration

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    Design Guidelines and Applications

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    Development Tools, Kits, and Boards

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    System Development

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    Other Related Documentation

     

    GCC Related Documentation

    • A list of GCC related documents can be found in the 'Nios II Documentation' located in the Windows start menu. Click on 'Start -> All Programs -> Altera -> Nios II EDS (Altera version) -> Nios II (Altera version) Documentation'.
    • To view the complete reference for the Nios II compiler tool-chain, in the left navigational panel of the Nios II (Altera version) Documentation, click on 'Literature -> Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)'. Refer to the Table of Contents for links to Nios II processor-specific content and constraints for ASM operands.

    Related Links (the links below will lead you to Altera.com)