Welcome to module 7 Altera tools Altera tools some of the tools that Altera offers are model some quarters
to the nearest two.
There is a link that will point you to the download of the tool suit.
We will only be using Moulson.
However I will show you how to create a project in quarters too and how to generate a file that is used
to program FPGA all the designs we are working with will work on both Xilinx and Altera development
boards.
Model sim Moulson is a very powerful VHDL simulation tool that is very helpful in finding any errors
in your VHDL file.
This is where most of the debugging of your VHDL design will take place.
Be sure and check out the next module to see a guide on how to start using Moulson to simulate your
VHDL designs.
Cordis 2 quarters to 2 is the tool you will need to use.
If you are programming in Altera board Be sure to know that you will not be able to program the bases
to board using the quarters to software nighest to the nighest to tool SU is used to develop software
that will run on a soft core embedded processor.
The knives to processor is a 32 bit architecture based on a Harvard architecture.
We will not be using this tool in this course.
However if you are curious I suggest you play around with it.
You have just completed module 7 Altera tools.
Here is a summary of things to know.
Altera tools include model sem which is used to simulate your VHDL design quarters to which is used
to program FPGA or C PLG and NIOS to which is used to develop embedded soft core processors.