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zuku1
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9 months ago

MAX 10 development board startup

Hi,

beginner trying to get moving with the MAX 10 development board

DK-DEV-10M50-C

MAX® 10 FPGA Development Kit User GuideIntelhttps://cdrdv2-public.intel.com › ug-max10m50-f...

Trying to follow section board update portal (section 2.4)

with days-long difficulty managed to complete step 1 (sec 2.4.1)

Section 2.4.2 begins with a vague statement

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"Prepare your software image and change it to the user_flash.flash file with

the elf2flash utility. Make sure that the "--reset" option is set to Flash memory

base address + Reset Vector Offset (0x0083_0000)."

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Located the elf2flash utility, and ran with

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$ elf2flash.exe --input=bup_etha.elf --reset=0x00830000 --base=0x00830000 --end=0x03f7ffff --output=user_flash.flash
(WARNING) elf2flash: Supplied reset address: 0x830000 differs from the elf file reset vector: 0x24430000.
(SEVERE) elf2flash: Boot copier file name required
(SEVERE) elf2flash: Error generating Flash file, exiting

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Qs.

What's "your" software image? These are my first steps! Is above input file the right one?

what are the correct address values for above command

A description saying which code is being to programmed to which location/device for what purpose would be really helpful addition to the user guide.

- rgds

b

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5 Replies

  • sstrell's avatar
    sstrell
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    9 months ago

    2.4.2 is just telling you how you can use the BUP to put a user design in the flash via the BUP web page. You have to create a design first for the Nios processor, generating a .elf file. The document tells you exactly what to set the --reset address to for elf2flash, which it appears you did.

  • zuku1's avatar
    zuku1
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    9 months ago

    Hi

    Thanks for your reply.. Still digesting..

    Does this mean BUP can be used for any design, not just NIOS?

    - b

  • KianHinT_altera's avatar
    KianHinT_altera
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    8 months ago

    Hi,

    Sorry for the delay in replying to this thread as there is a number of backlog on my side, may I know whether the issue have been resolved on your end or do you require further assistance on this case?

    Thanks

    Regards

    Kian

    • KianHinT_altera's avatar
      KianHinT_altera
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      8 months ago

      Hi,

      As we do not receive any response from you on the previous question/reply/answer that we have provided and answer already provided by sstrell (special thanks to sstrell for the support) Please login to ‘https://supporttickets.intel.com/s/?language=en_US’, view details of the desire request, and post a feed/response within the next 15 days to allow me to continue to support you. After 15 days, this thread will be transitioned to community support. The community users will be able to help you on your follow-up questions.

      Thanks

      Regards

      Kian