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16 years ago

Fail to Boot Software from EPCS16

Hi, I have made a simple custom system with a EP3C16Q240, EPCS16,SDRAM,an AS connector,a JTAG connector and a 50Mhz system clock in which MSEL[0:2]=[010],VCCIO=3.3V.The SOPC contains a cpu with re...
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16 years ago

ealonso, which EPCS device do you have? What type of hardware are you using?

Have you enabled seral configuration in Quartus?

For example see the relevant lines in my project .qsf file:

set_global_assignment -name STRATIXII_CONFIGURATION_DEVICE EPCS64

set_global_assignment -name STRATIXII_CONFIGURATION_SCHEME "ACTIVE SERIAL"

Do you specified the correct address? (--epc --base= option in nios2-flash-programmer)

Jens