Nios V® Embedded Processor Design Handbook

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Date 2/14/2023
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3.1.1. Board Support Package Project

A Nios V Board Support Package (BSP) project is a specialized library containing system-specific support code. A BSP provides a software runtime environment customized for one processor in a Nios® V processor hardware system.

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software provides Nios V Board Support Package Editor and niosv-bsp utility tools to modify settings that control the behaviour of the BSP.

A BSP contains the following elements:

  • Hardware abstraction layer
  • Device drivers
  • Optional software packages
  • Optional real-time operating system