Nios® II Processors
Nios® II processor, the world's most versatile processor, according to Gartner Research, is the most widely used soft processor in the FPGA industry. The Nios® II processor delivers unprecedented flexibility for your cost-sensitive, real-time, safety-critical (DO-254), and applications processing needs. The Nios® II processor supports all Intel® FPGA and SoC families.
Embedded Operating Systems
| Operating System | Supplier |
|---|---|
| eCosPro | eCosCentric |
| eCos | Zylin |
| embOS | Segger |
| Euros | Euros |
| FreeRTOS | FreeRTOS |
| Linux | RocketBoards.org (Open Source Community) |
| µC/OS-II (Evaluation is included with the Nios® II Embedded Design Suite but it is licensed separately) | Micrium |
| TargetOS | Blunk Microsystems |
| ThreadX | Express Logic |
| Toppers | Toppers |
| µCLinux | Intel® FPGA Wiki (Open Source Community) |
| Zephyr | Zephyr (Linux* Foundation Projects) |
Middleware and Graphics Libraries
| Company Name | OS Supported | Network Stack | File System | Graphics Library | USB Stack | Miscellaneous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eCosCentric | eCosPro | Built-in | Built-in | - | - | - |
| Express Logic | ThreadX | NetX | FileX | GUIX | USBX | - |
| Mentor Graphics* | Nucleus | Nucleus Networking | Nucleus Storage | Nucleus UI | Nucleus USB | - |
| Micrium | µC/OS-II | Micrium TCP/IP | µC/OS-FS | µC/OS GUI | Micrium USB | µC/OS CAN |
| Micro Digital | Any | - | - | - | - | GoFast Floating Point Library |
| uGFX | Any | - | - | uGFX | - | - |
Software Development Tools
| Company | Product | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mentor Embedded | Sourcery CodeBench | GNU toolchain support for embedded Linux on the Nios® II processor. |
| Altium | Tasking Toolset | Optimizing C compiler, assembler, linker, and locator. |
| MIPS (formerly FS2) |
System Navigator | The System Navigator probe for Nios® II processors is designed to support the special features and integrated peripherals of the Nios® II cores embedded in Intel® FPGAs. |
| RocketBoard.org (Open-source community) |
Linux* Toolchain | Linux toolchain from the RocketBoard.org (open-source community). |
| Intel FPGA Wiki (Open-source community) |
µCLinux Toolchain | µLinux toolchain from the Intel® FPGA Wiki (open-source community). |
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