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18 years ago

Problems with Cyclone III - NIOS II Embedded Evaluation kit

Hi everyone, I just received my Cyclone III devkit last week, and this weekend I spent some time trying to get it to work. I still haven't had any luck. Hopefully, someone here can point me i...
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18 years ago

Hi dmatsumoto,

I've also bought the eval Kit. Maybe I can help you a bit, but I'm also a newbie.

1. I've inserted my SD-card and powered up the board. So the application selector started without doing something else.

2. I've never used the flash programmer.

3. When you load the standard processor design in Quartus2, the compilation fails, because of the license for the the el_camino_sd_card_controller, this component is from el_camino and needs a separate license. So I think you have to remove this component from the design for a new processor design.

4.You should install the driver for the usb-blaster to get a JTAG connection. After that, you can use the NIOS standard design in the NIOS IDE for the sample applications. Use the Quartus Programmer to download the standard design to the FPGA.

Sorry, I think my english isn't the best:rolleyes:

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