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tato_pt
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1 year ago

Flashing NiosV on EPCQ-L 1024 on Cyclone 10 GX Development kit

I need to boot the a Nios V C code into the Cyclone 10 GX. I have been able run a simple Hello World program during run time from the RiscFree IDE but now I want to turn on the development kit and run it automatically.

The dev kit has a EPCQ-L 1024 flash device.

I can't find any info for the Nios V but I found this AN 736: https://cdrdv2-public.intel.com/666335/an736-683104-666335.pdf which explaind for a Nios II.

On page 6 there it says that in Qsys to add the Altera Serial Flash Controller IP. Since I'm using Platform Designer, I think the equivalent is the Serial Flash Loader Intel FPGA IP. When I try to add it asks me what to do with the noe_in pin. I saw somewhere that I should ground it. But how do I do that in Platform Designer?

Thanks!!

- Paulo Valentim

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  • tehjingy_Altera's avatar
    tehjingy_Altera
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    1 year ago

    Hi


    For Nios V you could follow the link below for the steps for booting from a flash device:

    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/726952/22-1-21-2-0/processor-application-copied-from-boot.html


    The IP you should add is the Serial Flash Controller II for the selection of the EPCQ flash.

    You could either use the Generic Serial Flash Controller or the Serial Flash Controller II. I would suggest you to use the Serial Flash Controller II instead of the Generic Serial Flash Controller.


    They are both able to interface with the flash but the Serial Flash Controller got the setting preset for interfacing with the EPCQ Flash.


    p.s. for searching Nios V document, place a space between the Nios and V.


    Regards

    Jingyang, Teh


  • tehjingy_Altera's avatar
    tehjingy_Altera
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    1 year ago

    Hi


    Do you have any follow up question on this case?


    Regards

    Jingyang, Teh


  • tehjingy_Altera's avatar
    tehjingy_Altera
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    1 year ago

    Hi


    As we do not receive any response from you on the previous question/reply/answer that we have provided. Please login to ‘https://supporttickets.intel.com/s/?language=en_US’, view details of the desire request, and post a feed/response within the next 15 days to allow me to continue to support you. After 15 days, this thread will be transitioned to community support. The community users will be able to help you on your follow-up questions.


    Regards

    Jingyang, Teh