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13 years ago

Is it possible to write a design over PCIe into Flash?

Hi everyone, I have the following problem: I'm working on a device with a JTAG interface which is only accessable while the device is outside its case. Once it is in its case the JTAG interfa...
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13 years ago

I don't know if the EPCS Serial Flash controller is still a good idea. The documentation is very poor and Altera says: "Altera does not publish the usage of the control and data registers." and "The core must be connected to a NIOS II processor.".

I can't use a NIOS II because I can't buy the license!

I just want to write from my Debian-Box over PCIe to the Flash-Memory. Isn't there a simple way to use a license free core and test it with the "pci_debug"-Tool?

http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/%7edwh/correlator/pdf/altera_pcie.zip

Is there a way to include the Altera EPCS-Driver into the Debug-Tool?