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17 years ago

Transferring a block of data

I am using DE2 and new to this board (and FPGA). I would like to make DE2 transfer a block of data (in a file) to my test chip thru the expansion headers. I try using readmemh but this failed to comp...
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17 years ago

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If your file always looks the same you can add it into a ram-bank as a hex file.

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How do I do this? I have the hex file, but how do I load it to the ram-bank? Using the Control panel? Can I use the control panel and my logic FPGA at the same time? Reason I ask is because you need to load a .sof file in order to use the control panel.

The file is an assembly program.

Thanks a lot!