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9 years ago

Downloading ELF failed

What do I do if I have the error "Downloading ELF failed" in Nios II SBT? I built a system in Qsys that had 0 errors, it compiled and I could load it to the board. What is then the error ...
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9 years ago

I am suspecting that the Nios didn't manage to boot up (from the message above). Perhaps you can try a simple Nios design that boots from on-chip memory to confirm this.