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Literature: SOPC Builder

Home > Products > Literature > SOPC Builder

This page provides links to the SOPC Builder volume of the Quartus®II Development Software Handbook and other documents related to SOPC Builder. The SOPC Builder volume provides an introduction to all SOPC Builder features, complete usage reference, and tutorials for building custom systems. Click the links below to view and download the entire volume, or any individual section or chapter. For more SOPC Builder support, visit the SOPC Builder Support web page.

Check out the Avalon Interface Specifications for more information about Avalon Interfaces.

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Volume 4: SOPC Builder (ver 9.1, Nov 2009, 1 MB)

    Section I. SOPC Builder Features (745 KB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 1. Introduction to SOPC Builder (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 176 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 2. System Interconnect Fabric for Memory-Mapped Interfaces (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 239 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 3. System Interconnect Fabric for Streaming Interfaces (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 121 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 4. SOPC Builder Components (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 186 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 5. Using SOPC Builder with the Quartus II Software (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 127 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 6. Component Editor (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 122 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 7. Component Interface Tcl Reference (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 279 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 8. Archiving SOPC Builder Projects (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 77 KB)

    Section II. Building Systems with SOPC Builder (410 KB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 9. SOPC Builder Memory Subsystem Development Walkthrough (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 327 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 10. SOPC Builder Component Development Walkthrough (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 153 KB)
      • Altera Avalon Checksum

    Section III. Interconnect Components (479 KB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 11. Avalon Memory-Mapped Bridges (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 415 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 12. Avalon Streaming Interconnect Components (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 127 KB)

Volume 5: Embedded Peripherals (ver 9.1.1, Feb 2010, 3 MB)

    Section I. Off-Chip Interface Peripherals (2 MB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 1. SDRAM Controller Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 187 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 2. CompactFlash Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 80 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 3. Common Flash Interface Controller Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 108 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 4. EPCS Device Controller Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 86 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 5. JTAG UART Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 161 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 6. UART Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 177 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 7. SPI Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 144 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 8. Optrex 16207 LCD Controller Core (ver 9.0.0, Nov 2009, 73 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 9. PIO Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 98 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 10. Avalon-ST Serial Peripheral Interface Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 175 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 11. PCI Lite Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 269 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 12. Cyclone III Remote Update Controller Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 113 KB)

    Section II. On-Chip Storage Peripherals (2 MB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 13. Avalon-ST Single Clock and Dual Clock FIFO Cores (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 170 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 14. On-Chip FIFO Memory Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 141 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 15. Avalon-ST Multi-Channel Shared Memory FIFO Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 167 KB)

    Section III. Transport and Communication (775 KB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 16. SPI Slave/JTAG to Avalon Master Bridge Cores (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 191 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 17. Avalon Streaming Channel Multiplexer and Demultiplexer Cores (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 92 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 18. Avalon-ST Bytes to Packets and Packets to Bytes Converter Cores (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 143 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 19. Avalon Packets to Transactions Converter Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 110 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 20. Avalon-ST Round Robin Scheduler Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 106 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 21. Avalon-ST Delay Core (ver 9.1.1, Feb 2010, 119 KB) New
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 22. Avalon-ST Splitter Core (ver 9.1.1, Feb 2010, 122 KB) New

    Section IV. Peripherals (870 KB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 23. Scatter-Gather DMA Controller Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 177 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 24. DMA Controller Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 129 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 25. Video Sync Generator and Pixel Converter Cores (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 130 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 26. Interval Timer Core (ver 9.1.0, Mar 2009, 144 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 27. Vectored Interrupt Controller Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 313 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 28. Mutex Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 77 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 29. Mailbox Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 83 KB)

    Section V. Test and Debug Peripherals (610 KB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 30. Avalon-ST JTAG Interface Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 123 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 31. System ID Core (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 70 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 32. Performance Counter Core (ver 91.0, Nov 2009, 108 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 33. Avalon Streaming Test Pattern Generator and Checker Cores (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 236 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 34. Avalon Streaming Data Pattern Generator and Checker Cores (ver 9.1.1, Feb 2010, 203 KB) New

    Section VI. Clock Control Peripherals (334 KB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 35. PLL Cores (ver 9.1.0, Nov 2009, 119 KB)

Embedded Design Handbook (ver 2.7, Mar 2010, 5 MB)

    Section I. Introduction (344 KB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 1. First-Time Designer's Guide (ver 2.2, Mar 2010, 344 KB) Updated

    Section II. Nios II Software Development (1 MB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 2. Developing Nios II Software (ver 1.3, Dec 2009, 630 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 3. Debugging Nios II Designs (ver 1.3, Dec 2009, 480 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 4. Nios II Command-Line Tools (ver 2.1, Apr 2009, 152 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 5. Optimizing Nios II C2H Compiler Results (ver 1.1, Jun 2008, 468 KB)
      • edh_c2h_optimization_design_files.zip

    Section III. System Level Design (3 MB)

    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 6. Avalon Memory-Mapped Design Optimizations (ver 1.1, Jun 2008, 332 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 7. Memory System Design (ver 1.2, Feb 2010, 307 KB) Updated
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 8. Hardware Acceleration and Coprocessing (ver 1.1, Jun 2008, 163 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 9. Verification and Board Bring-Up (ver 1.2, Nov 2008, 240 KB)
    • Subscribe Alert Chapter 10. Interfacing an External Processor to an Altera FPGA (ver 1.0, Feb 2009, 549 KB)

Related Documentation

Nios II Hardware Development

  • AN 531: Reducing Power with Hardware Accelerators (ver 1.0, May 2008, 151 KB)
         Design Files for AN 531 (1 MB)
  • Nios II Hardware Development Tutorial (ver 3.0, Dec 2009, 743 KB)
         Design Files for Nios II Hardware Development Tutorial (5 KB)
  • Using Nios II Tightly Coupled Memory Tutorial (ver 1.2, Jul 2009, 210 KB)
         Design Files for Tightly Coupled Memory Tutorial (15 KB)
  • Nios II Custom Instruction User Guide (ver 1.5, Jun 2008, 701 KB)
         Design Files for Nios II Custom Instruction User Guide (19 KB)

Software Development

  • Using Nios II Tightly Coupled Memory Tutorial (ver 1.2, Jul 2009, 210 KB)
         Design Files for Tightly Coupled Memory Tutorial (15 KB)

C-to-Hardware Acceleration

  • AN 531: Reducing Power with Hardware Accelerators (ver 1.0, May 2008, 151 KB)
         Design Files for AN 531 (1 MB)

Benchmarking and Design Migration Techniques

  • Comparing IP Integration Approaches for FPGA Implementation (ver 1.1, Feb 2008, 195 KB)

SOPC Builder System Development

  • Avalon Verification IP Suite User Guide (ver 1.1, Dec 2009, 2 MB)
    (Includes Avalon-MM and Avalon-ST tutorials)
         Avalon Verification IP Suite Design Files (21 KB)
  • System Console User Guide (ver 1.3, Nov 2009, 230 KB)
         Design Files for System Console (206 KB)
  • Avalon Interface Specifications (ver 1.2, Apr 2009, 485 KB)
    (Replaces "Avalon Memory-Mapped Interface Specification" and "Avalon Streaming Interface Specification")
  • Using Nios II Tightly Coupled Memory Tutorial (ver 1.2, Jul 2009, 210 KB)
         Design Files for Tightly Coupled Memory Tutorial (15 KB)
  • Nios II System Architect Design Tutorial (ver 1.0, Jun 2009, 1 MB)
         Nios II Architect Design Tutorial Design Files (4 MB)
  • AN 346: Using the Nios II Configuration Controller Reference Designs (ver 1.2, Mar 2009, 793 KB)
  • AN458: Alternative Nios II Boot Methods (ver 1.1, Sep 2008, 334 KB)
         AN458 design example files (37 KB)
  • Comparing IP Integration Approaches for FPGA Implementation (ver 1.1, Feb 2008, 195 KB)
  • AN 323: Using SignalTap II Embedded Logic Analyzers in SOPC Builder Systems (ver 1.1, Nov 2007, 386 KB)
  • AN 398: Using DDR/DDR2 SDRAM With SOPC Builder (ver 1.1, Aug 2006, 775 KB)

Design Verification and Debugging

  • Avalon Verification IP Suite User Guide (ver 1.1, Dec 2009, 2 MB)
    (Includes Avalon-MM and Avalon-ST tutorials)
         Avalon Verification IP Suite Design Files (21 KB)
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