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15 years ago

New in DMA: How to configure DMA using VHDL?

Hello, I am a beginner in DMA and VHDL. I know that before we can run the C code in Nios II IDE, we have to do some coding or configuration for the hardware (connection and porting) in Quartus II. Af...
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Your top level file must define as ports all the FPGA pins that you want to use, contain the declaration for the SOPC component, and instantiate the SOPC component.

Any VHDL book should explain how to instantiate components. For the component declaration, have a look in your project. If your SOPC component is called my_cpu, then SOPC will generate a my_cpu_inst.vhd file that contains the SOPC component declaration.