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

Thanks again for replying so fast slacker man.

You're right U-Boot is bare metal code. I guess I'm just a bit overwhelmed with everything. I'm trying to look for something that will let me start playing with examples. Lets say you were just starting out with the Cyclone V, what would you do? Are there basic bare-metal tutorials in existence? They have to be really really basic as I've never coded in VHDL OR coded with an Arm Processor.

We have to certify all the code that goes on the ARM and Linux can never be certified so that's whey we can't use it. I'm really a hardware guy but I'm looking to get int SoC's.

What I don't know :

• How the ARM interfaces with the FPGA

• How to assign pins to VHDL code

• Running anything on my Eval Board

I'm guessing there aren't too many folks working on this bare-metal problem or I would find more tutorials, walk-through, and documents on the subject. i would love love a 'hello world' program that would just help me getting a blinking led on my eval board. Then at the very least I would have a place to build from. As it is right now, there is no clear path.

Thanks again! :D :)