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12 years ago

Getting started with bare-metal application development with the Cyclone V

First post! Hello fellow FPGA enthusiasts. This is my first foray into the wide world of SoC development. A bit of background. I'm pretty much fresh out from University and work for a cons...
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12 years ago

First off, I would be spending lots of time on rocketboards.org if I were you (there's a getting started link for your board there).

Baremetal: I would recommend using u-boot as a basis for any "stand alone" baremetal coding. It is straightforward to modify and has a large user base. You might also be able to make use of the DS-5 examples here.

For production, I don't recommend using anything other than Linux on the ARM SoC. Yes, it is possible, but it is non-trivial.