Add the Altera-Provided SOF to the Project

The ARM Developer Suite allows you to build your C, C++, or assembly code to generate a HEX output file. If you do not have the ARM Developer Suite installed, you can use the Altera-provided arm_top.sof to configure an ARM-based Excalibur device.

To add the Altera-provided arm_top.sof to the project, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Add/Remove Files in Project (Project menu). The Add/Remove page of the Settingsdialog box appears.

  2. Click Browse (...). The Select File dialog box appears.

  3. In the Files of type list, select Programming Files.

  4. In the \qdesigns\excalibur\ subdirectory, select the arm_top.sof file.

  5. Click Open. The files arm_top.sof appears in the File name list.

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  6. Click OK.

To continue the tutorial, proceed to Section 7: Configure the Device.