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RShal4
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6 years ago
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Access FPGA component from NIOS without QSYS ?

Hello, Is it possible to access some FPGA component without importing the component IP into qsys ? Does it mean it does not have any base address in system.h ? If it is possible (without qsys), th...
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    sstrell
    6 years ago

    As I mentioned, Platform Designer is required to use Nios.

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sstrell
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6 years ago

No. Qsys (now called Platform Designer) is required to use the Nios IP. However, you don't have to bring your IP into Platform Designer (though it is rather convenient). You can export interfaces out of the tool and connect them to your IP in your main Quartus project instead.

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    RShal4
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    6 years ago

    Hi,

    Thank you very much.

    You said "However, you don't have to bring your IP into Platform Designer (though it is rather convenient). You can export interfaces out of the tool and connect them to your IP in your main Quartus project instead."

    Can you please link to any example/tutorial/demonstration for using this method ? I haven't find how to do it.

    Thank you!

    Ran