AN 980: Nios® V Processor Quartus® Prime Software Support

ID 778829
Date 11/21/2025
Public

4.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition

You can download a Nios® V processor design example from the Intel FPGA Design Store. The design examples provide scripts that allow you to automate the design example generation, build both a BSP project and a simple application project. The design examples are preset to an Intel FPGA device.

Follow these steps to acquire the Nios V processor example design:

  1. Open the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software.
  2. Select Open Example Project from the homepage.
  3. In the New Project Wizard (Design Example), fill up the following options:,
    • What is the working directory for this project?
    • Load from – Online design examples
    • Family – Select the target Intel FPGA device
    • Intel Quartus Prime version – Select the correct software version.
    • Development kit – Select the Intel FPGA development kit
  4. Select the design example.
  5. The info box at the right displays the basic details of the example design.
  6. Click Next and accept the Software License Agreement.
  7. The example design is ready for customization.
  8. Refer to the readme.txt in the project directory for how-to guide.
Figure 5. New Project Wizard