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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

Boot NIOS from on-chip memory ONLY

I'm trying to use a NIOS on a custom board. As there is no JTAG interface, I need an alternative method for downloading my software to the NIOS once it is initialized. Many of the examples out...
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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

All you should have to do is point the Nios II Reset Address at the start of that on chip memory, build your software (...maybe...generate and place your software in the QII project directory), compile your hardware in QII, and program the FPGA.

Basically, there is no bootloader for onchip memory. The onchip memory just needs to be populated with your code.

Cheers,

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