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10 years ago

MAX10: Is there a limit on the number of components (IP Cores) in Qsys?

Hi all, Is there a limit to the number of IP cores (specifically UARTs) that can be added to a Qsys system? I read somewhere that there was a limit on something but I can find the pdf and I ...
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10 years ago

Is there a limit? No, I don't believe so. You may be concerning yourself with the limit of 32 hardware interrupts available on a Nios core. However, that's simply the number of interrupt sources you can have.

I've just added 33 UARTs and a Nios core in Qsys and successfully fitted it to a MAX 10 device. One UART instance doesn't connect to an interrupt but there's no reason it couldn't be AND'd with another if you need to.

Cheers,

Alex