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You can also change the settings entered with the wizard by specifying software build settings using the Software Build Settings pages of the Settings dialog box (Assignments menu) .

The Software Build Settings wizard (Assignments menu) helps you specify and save new software build settings, or edit existing software build settings. With the Software Build Settings wizard, you can specify the following settings:

• The embedded processor core for which you are specifying the software build settings.

• The software toolset you want the Software Builder to use when performing a software build with the software build settings.

• Whether you want to generate a Binary File (.bin), Hexadecimal (Intel-Format) File (.hex), Library File (.a), or Motorola S-Record File (.srec), and the name and byte order of the file.

• Any command-line command you want to run during or after the software build.

• Whether you want to generate a flash programming file, and any Slave Binary Image File (.sbi) you want to use to generate the file.

• Whether you want to generate passive programming files, and the programmable logic Partial SRAM Object File (.psof) you want to use to generate the files.

  The Software Builder generates Programmer Object Files (.pof) for EPC2 configuration devices only. If you want to generate POFs for other configuration devices, use the Convert Programming Files command (File menu) to convert one or more SRAM Object Files (.sof) into a POF.

• The optimization level and goal, preprocessor definitions, include path directories, and other options for the software toolset C/C++ compiler that the Software Builder uses during the software build.

• The preprocessor definitions, include path directories, and other options for the software toolset assembler that the Software Builder uses during the software build.

• The object files, Library Files (.a), link types, and other options for the software toolset linker that the Software Builder uses during the software build.

After you click Finish, the software build settings you specified are saved with the name you specify. You can use these settings to perform a software build on any design for an ARM^®-based Excalibur^™ device or Nios^® embedded processor.

	More information is available on Excalibur embedded processor solutions on the Altera® web site.

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