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12 years ago

DE0 Nano with SDRAM and EPCS not loading firmware

I have configured the DE0 Nano with a SDRAM, EPCS, and ALTPLL combo that phase shift the SDRAM clock -3ns as required. When I use the flash programmer it completes flashing successfully, restarting t...
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12 years ago

You still need some way to get your application code into SDRAM. The easiest way I know of is to use a boot loader in on chip memory.

You might also need to have the boot loader set some registers in the SDRAM controller to get it initialized. I'm not sure about that one..