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17 years ago

DE2 SRAM Flash & Tristate Bridges

Hi, in the example DE2 designs for NIOSII SOPC systems, the SRAM is connected directly to the Avalon Bus while the Flash is connected via a tristate bridge. What is the reason for that? In th...
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17 years ago

I think so, both connections in SOPC builder go directly to the cpu intsruktion and data masters, so I don't see how these path can be unidirectional? Well, I'll try to build a system without the tristate bridge to the flash and see if it will work. I have yet to acquire a good understanding of bridges and their use.

Thx, Fried