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16 years ago

FPGA won't load from flash which contains hardware and NIOS software image

Set up is Cyclone3 with epcs128 serial flash. My FPGA includes the NIOS and epcs_controller. Using the Convert Programming Files tool, I covert my .sof file into a .jic file and then program t...
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16 years ago

@thepancake

Thanks for the suggestion. The suggestion in part 3 is to program an .sof which has an epcs_controller to the FPGA, and then use that FPGA to program the new image to the the EPCS. This is also carried out using the Nios II Flash Programmer GUI. I tried this through the GUI and I am able to program the .elf and .sof file to the epcs flash, but again on power reset, it doesn't seem to load the FPGA from the flash properly as there is no conf_done.