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XabiOdri
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6 years ago

FPGA boot time (Cyclone 4 with EPCS & Cyclone 10 with EPCQ)

Hello, We are migrating from Cyclone 4 with EPCS to Cyclone 10 with EPCQ. Until now with the first FPGA the startup time until the Nios2 softcore was launched was about 300ms. But now with the new ...
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Eliath_G_Intel
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5 years ago

Hi Xabier ,

My apologize for the delay on answering ,

  • For your NIOS design , did you select Nios Fast option , or Economy?
  • What is the speed of the memory clock you set up and what's the speed of the NIOS clock?
  • What was the project size before and after migrating the project from Cyclone 4 to Cyclon 10?
    • To know the seize you can use the following command on your Nios console:
      • nios2-elf-size<project>.elf

Regards,

-Eliath Guzman