# Can it use for Nios II?

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**Created:** [July 23, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-it-use-for-nios-ii/108804 "2025-07-23T03:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![rose2024cff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rose2024cff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rose2024cff)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-it-use-for-nios-ii/108804/1 "2025-07-23T03:02:22Z")

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Can the [EP3C40Q240C8N](https://www.emsfpga.com/productdetail/ep3c40q240c8n) be used for soft processor implementation like Nios II?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-it-use-for-nios-ii/108804/2 "2025-07-23T10:29:59Z")

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It's in the [Cyclone III family](https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%2520Sheets/Altera%2520PDFs/Cyclone_III_Device_Family_Overview.pdf), and coupled with this [Quick Start sheet from Jameco](https://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/2139145%2520Quick%2520Guide.pdf), it appears that it would be compatible.

Outside of this, there's not anything more I can assist you with.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-it-use-for-nios-ii/108804/3 "2025-07-23T10:38:00Z")

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I was curious as to what brought you here, as this is pretty far afield from what this forum is about.

Then, I did a search of NIOS on the forum, which returns many hits mentioning the _java.nio_ library.

If that's what brought your search here, then I'm sorry that this ends up as an otherwise dead-end.