Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) User Guide

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Date 3/12/2021
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Document Table of Contents

2.3.1. Installing SoC EDS

  1. Download and run the SoC EDS installer from the Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite Download Center for FPGAs webpage.
    The current Intel® Quartus® Prime software version is 20.1 and the filenames are:
    • For Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 20.1: SoCEDSProSetup-20.1.0.177-windows.exe
    • For Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software version 20.1: SoCEDSSetup-20.1.0.771-windows.exe
  2. Run the installer to open the Installing Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite Pro Edition dialog box, and click Next to start the Setup Wizard.
  3. In the License Agreement dialog box, select I accept the agreement and click Next.
  4. In the Installation Directory dialog box, leave the default installation path (or change it if you need it somewhere else) and click Next.
  5. In the Select Components dialog box, leave the Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer and Tools selected (unless you already have full Intel® Quartus® Prime installed) and click Next.
  6. In the Ready to install dialog box, review the summary and click Next.
    The Installing dialog box shows that the tools are installing, including Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer, if you selected it earlier.

    The next dialog box indicates that the Intel® Quartus® Prime installation is complete.

  7. In this dialog box, leave the driver installation options selected and click Finish.
  8. Accept all defaults to install the Intel® FPGA Download Cable II drivers.
  9. In the Welcome to the Device Driver Installation Wizard dialog box, click Next.
  10. In the Completing the Device Driver Installation Wizard dialog box, click Finish.
  11. Accept all defaults to install FTDI CDM drivers (used to connect to USB serial ports on Development Kits).
  12. In the Welcome to the Device Driver Installation Wizard dialog box, click Next.
  13. In the License Agreement dialog box, select I accept this agreement and click Next.
  14. In the Completing the Device Driver Installation Wizard, view this message: The drivers were successfully installed on this computer. and click Finish.