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AShiv
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8 years ago

Nios II on the De0-Nano-SoC

I am wondering if it is possible to use just the Nios II and FPGA portion on this board, aka without HPS. So, that the Nios II doesn't need to use the HPS bridges to access the DDR3. I know it makes ...
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Daixiwen
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8 years ago

Technically I think you could use the FPGA to sdram bridge to connect the Nios II CPU to the DDR3, but you will still need to run the preloader on the HPS to calibrate the DDR3 and enable the bridge.