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

ID 683187
Date 3/12/2021
Public
Document Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS)

Updated for:
Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Suite 20.1
The Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) is a comprehensive tool suite for embedded software development on Intel® FPGA SoC devices.

The SoC EDS contains development tools, utility programs, run-time software, and application examples that enable firmware and application software development on Intel® SoC hardware platforms.

The SoC EDS is offered in two editions:
  • SoC EDS Standard Edition —The SoC EDS Standard Edition targets the Arria® V SoC, Cyclone® V SoC, and Intel® Arria® 10 SoC and must be used only with FPGA projects created in Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition. Although the Intel® FPGA SoC devices and Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition support Intel® Arria® 10 SoC, Intel® recommends that you use the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition and SoC EDS Professional Edition versions for new Intel® Arria® 10 SoC Projects.
  • SoC EDS Professional Edition —The SoC EDS Professional Edition targets the Intel® Arria® 10 SoC, Intel® Stratix® 10 SoC, and Intel® Agilex™ and must be used only with FPGA projects created in Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition.
    Note: The SoC EDS Professional Edition does not support Cyclone® V SoC and Arria® V SoC, as they are not supported by Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition.