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YBoro
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7 years ago

How To Program Only The Nios Software to Flash Memory?

Hi, I want to program the flash memory directly, only the elf file from the nios without changing the .sof file and prevent the long compilation of the quartus in order to combine the elf and sof. If...
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Ahmed_H_Intel1
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7 years ago

Hi,

To update the HEX you have two ways:

1st is to create the a new .pof file with the sof and the new HEX and then load it to the flash

2nd is to use remote system upgrade (RSU). This is quite complex, here you can find some useful examples:

https://fpgacloud.intel.com/devstore/platform/15.0.0/Standard/max10-remote-system-upgrade-rsu-over-uart-for-nios-ii-processor/

https://fpgacloud.intel.com/devstore/platform/16.0.0/Standard/remote-system-upgrade-rsu-design-example/

https://fpgacloud.intel.com/devstore/platform/15.0.2/Standard/rsu-over-pcie-design-example/

https://fpgacloud.intel.com/devstore/platform/14.1/Standard/max-10-i2c-to-rsu/

Regards,