Introduction

This example provides comprehensive information that will help you understand how to create a Clanguage
software design and run it on your ARM-included Atlas-SoC Development Platform (Also called Terasic DE0-Nano-SoC development board).

Software Development Flow

Figure 1 shows the software design flow block diagram. The development procedures are:

1. Developers need to design their C-code software project with a generic text editor. Generally, .c and .h files are needed.
2. Create a “Makefile” for your software design project, so the compiler knows how to generate a final object/executable files for your project.
3. Use the compile tool to generate executable file
4. Boot Linux from your DE1-SoC board.
5. Download the executable file to Linux and launch it.

Figure 1 Design Flow

What You Will Learn

In this example you will perform the following tasks:

• Create a "Hello World!" design that displays a message on the Linux terminal—This design is easy to create and gives you visual feedback that the design works. Of course, you can use your Atlas-SoC board to run other designs as well.

• Become familiar with Altera SoC EDS and Linux—This tutorial will not make you an expert,but you should grasp some basic concepts about the compile tool and Linux operation in the end of this tutorial.

Design Files

• Refer to My_First_HPS.pdf for detail instruction.
• my_first_hps.rar : C-code software project.