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Welcome to module 7 Altera tools Altera tools some of the tools that Altera offers are model some quarters

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to the nearest two.

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There is a link that will point you to the download of the tool suit.

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We will only be using Moulson.

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However I will show you how to create a project in quarters too and how to generate a file that is used

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to program FPGA all the designs we are working with will work on both Xilinx and Altera development

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boards.

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Model sim Moulson is a very powerful VHDL simulation tool that is very helpful in finding any errors

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in your VHDL file.

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This is where most of the debugging of your VHDL design will take place.

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Be sure and check out the next module to see a guide on how to start using Moulson to simulate your

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VHDL designs.

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Cordis 2 quarters to 2 is the tool you will need to use.

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If you are programming in Altera board Be sure to know that you will not be able to program the bases

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to board using the quarters to software nighest to the nighest to tool SU is used to develop software

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that will run on a soft core embedded processor.

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The knives to processor is a 32 bit architecture based on a Harvard architecture.

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We will not be using this tool in this course.

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However if you are curious I suggest you play around with it.

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You have just completed module 7 Altera tools.

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Here is a summary of things to know.

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Altera tools include model sem which is used to simulate your VHDL design quarters to which is used

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to program FPGA or C PLG and NIOS to which is used to develop embedded soft core processors.