Ashling* RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Intel® FPGAs User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the RiscFree* IDE 2. Installation and Setup 3. Getting Started with RiscFree* IDE 4. Debug Setup for Nios® V Processor System 5. Debug Setup for Arm* Hard Processor System 6. Debugging with RiscFree* IDE 7. Debugging with Command-Line Interface 8. Ashling RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Intel® FPGAs User Guide Archives 9. Document Revision History for the Ashling RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Intel® FPGAs User Guide A. Appendix
1. About the RiscFree* IDE x
1.1. Supported Devices 1.2. Quartus® Prime Software Support 1.3. Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs Support
2. Installation and Setup x
2.1. Bundled Installation with the Quartus® Prime Software 2.2. Standalone Installation
2.2. Standalone Installation x
2.2.1. Standalone Installation with Supported Quartus® Prime Software 2.2.2. Standalone Installation with the Quartus® Prime Programmer and Tools
3. Getting Started with RiscFree* IDE x
3.1. Graphical User Interface 3.2. Command Line Interface 3.3. Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Intel® FPGAs Interaction with Intel® Simics® Simulator for Intel® FPGAs
4. Debug Setup for Nios® V Processor System x
4.1. Importing Nios® V Processor Project 4.2. Building Nios® V Processor Project 4.3. Setting Debug Configurations and Downloading Nios® V Processor Project Using RiscFree* IDE
5. Debug Setup for Arm* Hard Processor System x
5.1. Pre-requisite for Debugging Arm* HPS Project 5.2. Importing Arm* HPS Project 5.3. Setting Debug Configurations and Downloading Arm* HPS Project Using RiscFree* IDE
6. Debugging with RiscFree* IDE x
6.1. Debug Features in RiscFree* IDE 6.2. Processor System Debug 6.3. Heterogeneous Multicore Debug 6.4. Debugging µC/OS-II Application 6.5. Debugging FreeRTOS Application 6.6. Debugging Zephyr Application 6.7. Arm* HPS On-Chip Trace 6.8. Debugging the Arm* Linux Kernel 6.9. Debugging Target Software in an Intel® Simics Simulator Session
6.1. Debug Features in RiscFree* IDE x
6.1.1. Viewing Global Variables 6.1.2. Launching Memory Browser 6.1.3. Debugger Console 6.1.4. Specifying the SVD File 6.1.5. Breakpoint Settings 6.1.6. JTAG UART Output Terminal
6.2. Processor System Debug x
6.2.1. GUI for Debugging
6.3. Heterogeneous Multicore Debug x
6.3.1. Importing Nios® V Processor and Arm* HPS Projects 6.3.2. Setting Core Configuration
6.7. Arm* HPS On-Chip Trace x
6.7.1. Trace Bar 6.7.2. Trace View
6.8. Debugging the Arm* Linux Kernel x
6.8.1. Preparing Linux for Kernel Debugging 6.8.2. Debugging the Arm* HPS Linux Kernel
7. Debugging with Command-Line Interface x
7.1. Running Ashling* GBD Server 7.2. Running GDB 7.3. Nios® V Processor Example 7.4. ARM HPS Core Example
A. Appendix x
A.1. Optional Toolchain Configuration A.2. Performing External Tools Configuration A.3. Help Content A.4. Open-Source Components in RiscFree* IDE
A.1. Optional Toolchain Configuration x
A.1.1. Toolchain for Application and BSP A.1.2. Toolchain for Arm* Processor A.1.3. Modifying Toolchain Configuration
1. About the RiscFree* IDE
2. Installation and Setup
3. Getting Started with RiscFree* IDE
4. Debug Setup for Nios® V Processor System
5. Debug Setup for Arm* Hard Processor System
6. Debugging with RiscFree* IDE
7. Debugging with Command-Line Interface
8. Ashling RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Intel® FPGAs User Guide Archives
9. Document Revision History for the Ashling RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Intel® FPGAs User Guide
A. Appendix

1. About the RiscFree* IDE

Updated for:
Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Suite 24.1
RiscFree* is Ashling’s Eclipse* C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT) based integrated development environment (IDE) for Intel® FPGAs Arm* -based HPS and RISC-V based Nios® V processors.

The RiscFree* IDE provides a complete, seamless environment for C and C++ software development and has the following features:

  • Eclipse* CDT based IDE with full source and project creation, editing, build, and debug support using the RISC-V GNU compiler collection (GCC) toolchain.
  • Project Manager and Build Manager including Make and CMake support with rapid import, build, and debug of application frameworks created using the Quartus® Prime software.
  • RISC-V GNU GCC toolchain with support for newlib or picolibc run-time libraries using the Nios® V Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) API for hardware access.
  • Integrated support for Intel® FPGA Download Cable II JTAG debug probe.
  • ROM or RAM based debugging support, for example, hardware breakpoints for flash-based support.
  • High-level Register Viewer based on industry standard System View Description (SVD) files.
  • Integrated serial terminal.

Section Content
Supported Devices
Quartus Prime Software Support
Intel Simics Simulator for Intel FPGAs Support

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