I start to play with the MAX1000 which only costs $30 for my term project in the Data Converter class. This page would serve as my memo and hopefully help other folks who might be interested in the low-cost FPGA kit.

Installation

1. Buy Parallels Desktop for VMWare Fusion
   Ubuntu 18.04 on VirtualBox is not very stable for my setup
2. Install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
3. Install libpng12 ( Required for Quartus Prime )
   https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/libpng12-0/download
4. Install KDE ( Required for Mega Wizard )
5. Install Quartus Prime Lite Edition
   https://fpgasoftware.intel.com/18.1/?edition=lite&platform=linux
   

   tar tvf Quartus-lite-18.1.0.625-linux.tar
   source setup.sh 

6. Install Arrow USB Programmer2
   https://shop.trenz-electronic.de/en/Download/?path=Trenz_Electronic/Software/Drivers/Arrow_USB_Programmer/Arrow_USB_Programmer_2.4
7. Launch jtag daemon
   

   cd /path/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/quartus/bin
   sudo ./jtagd
    

8. Follow the Intel FPGA Tutorial