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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

elf process failed

I am trying to run Altera 10.1 NiosII on Win7 64bit.

I have the following errors when I try to implement a simple Hello world program:

Downloading ELF process failed

No byte stream services found for Nios II Console view

Target is broken and needs to be reset

CPU master group not set

CPU architecture not set

The SOPC design does not contain a CPU of a supported architecture

CPU module not set

SOPC design not set

Does anyone encounter these problems before?

Thank you!

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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    Hi, you have to first configure/download the fpga with :

    * set the board to a standard config, by pressing the good switch if you work in an Altera development board.

    * or download your design containing a Nios and SOPC to FPGA (the .sof or .pof file).

    Read the "getting started" manual

    On 64bits Windows, you need to install good drivers if you use USB Blaster, see in the forum.

    Good luck !