Nios II Custom Instruction User Guide

ID 683242
Date 4/27/2020
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7.2. Adding FPH1 to the Design and Configuring the Device

Perform the following steps to add the FPH1 custom instructions to the Nios II processor in your target design:

  1. Start the Intel® Quartus® Prime development software and open a working copy of your target design.
  2. Start Platform Designer.
  3. On the IP Catalog tab, search for "Floating Point Hardware". Double click on Floating Point Hardware IP.
  4. The Floating Point Hardware dialog box appears.
  5. Turn on Use floating point division hardware.
    Note: The FPH1 division hardware is optional.
  6. Click Finish to exit the Floating Point Hardware dialog box.
  7. Generate the HDL for your system. When the generation process is complete, exit Platform Designer.
  8. Compile the Intel® Quartus® Prime project.
  9. Configure your target device with the resulting SRAM Object File (.sof).