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Excalibur Device Overview
With the Quartus II SoftMode^™ co-design capability, embedded
software development, debugger support, and unified
programming file generation can be easily combined from a single
integrated design environment (IDE). The Quartus II tools are pre-
configured to support embedded software development tools such
as the ARM Developer Suite or Red Hat GNUPro Tools for
ARM922T processors. The Quartus II software operates on
Windows-based PCs, Sun SPARCstations, and HP 9000 Series
700/800 workstations. The Quartus II software provides
NativeLink^® integration to third-party, industry-standard PC and
UNIX workstation-based electronic design automation (EDA) tools.
Figure 5 shows the Quartus II development tool flow.
Figure 5. Quartus II Development Tool Flow
SOPC
Builder
Hardware
Design Entry
Excalibur
MegaWizard
Software
Design Entry
Synthesis
Assemble,
Compile and Link
Place and Route
PLD
Configuration
Image
Image
Conversion
Software
Executable
Image
Configuration
Device
Flash
Image
Serial
Bitstream
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