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Altera_Forum
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14 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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14 years ago

Thanks for your reply. I've already fixed the issue.

Turns out I was making the problem far to complicated. The key component I was missing was how to make the memory init file (using "make mem_init_install"). Once I found this, I was able to initialize my RAM and boot from that.

Fortunately, I do not need to modify the program while it is running. Otherwise this would be far more complicated.