Intel® FPGA AI Suite: SoC Design Example User Guide

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Date 12/01/2023
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3.3.1. Installing Prerequisite Software for Building an SD Card Image

Building the SD card image requires the following additional software:
  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 23.3
  • Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Intel® FPGAs
  • (Ubuntu only) Ubuntu package libncurses5

If you did not install Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 23.3 when following the instructions in the Intel® FPGA AI Suite Getting Started Guide, you must install it now.

Building the SD card image also requires tools provided by Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Intel® FPGAs. You can install Ashling* RiscFree* IDE from a separate installation package or part of your Intel® Quartus® Prime bundled installation package.

You can download the required software from the following URL: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/software-kit/790039/intel-quartus-prime-pro-edition-design-software-version-23-3-for-linux.html.

To install the prerequisite software for building an SD card image:
  1. Install Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition and Ashling* RiscFree* IDE for Intel® FPGAs
  2. (Ubuntu only) Install Ubuntu package libcurses with the following command:
    sudo apt install libncurses5
  3. Ensure that the QUARTUS_ROOTDIR environment variable is set properly:
    echo $QUARTUS_ROOTDIR
    If the QUARTUS_ROODIR is not set, run the following command:
    export QUARTUS_ROOTDIR=/opt/intel/intelFPGA_pro/23.3/quartus

    If you chose install Intel® Quartus® Prime in a location other than the default location, adjust the path in export command to match your Intel® Quartus® Prime installation location

  4. Ensure your $PATH environment variable includes paths to the installed Intel® Quartus® Prime and Ashling* RiscFree* IDE binaries. Adjust the following commands appropriately if you did not install into the default location:
    export PATH=$PATH:/opt/intel/intelFPGA_pro/23.3/niosv/bin
    export PATH=$PATH:/opt/intel/intelFPGA_pro/23.3/nios2eds/bin
    export PATH=$PATH:/opt/intel/intelFPGA_pro/23.3/riscfree/toolchain/riscv32-unknown-elf/bin
  5. Confirm that Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Version 23.3 is installed by running the following command:
    quartus_cmd -v