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AGuth
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6 years ago

Linux terminal turns unresponsive as soon as the FPGA is programmed ( DE0-Nano-SoC , Atlas-SoC)

Hi, I'm using a Atlas-Soc (DE0-Nano-SoC) from the altera university program. It has a Cyclone V FPGA with a HPS in-built. I usually connect to the Linux running on HPS through serial terminal (Pu...
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AGuth
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6 years ago

Yes, I'm booting the HPS first to Linux before configuring the FPGA. The HPS boots as soon as i power the device, is there a way to stop this or postpone the boot process?

I'm using the JTAG Quartus programmer to program the FPGA.

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EBERLAZARE_I_Intel
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6 years ago

Hi,

Have you try enabling the bridges?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/embedded/2016/how-and-when-can-i-enable-the-fpga2sdram-bridge-on-cyclone-v-soc.html

I would also suggest you check this link, which have a lot of information on Programming FPGA, Booting Linux etc2:

https://rocketboards.org/foswiki/Main/GettingStarted

Select Cyclone V> your Quartus version> topic that you are interested in.

Regards.