Agilex™ 5 FPGA E-Series 065B Premium Development Kit User Guide

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Date 3/07/2025
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2.3.3. Installing the Ashling* RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

RiscFree* is Ashling’s Eclipse* C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT) based integrated development environment (IDE) for Altera® 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.
RiscFree* IDE has two types of installation options:
  • Bundled installation option when installing the Quartus® Prime software
  • Standalone installation which requires you to install one of the following to use the debugger:
    • The Quartus® Prime Programmer and Tools
    • The Quartus® Prime software

For the installation instructions of the RiscFree* IDE, refer to the Ashling* RiscFree* Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Altera® FPGAs User Guide .