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13 years ago

Nios II Programmer

Hi all,

I have problem during setting Nios II Flash programmer. The problems are "system ID hash" not found and "system timestamp" not found. what should i do to connect the "system ID hash" and "system timestamp". Do you have any suggestion or idea regarding my problem.

Kindly review the picture attached.

Thanks in advance :)

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    13 years ago

    Are you sure you uploaded the correct .sof image to the FPGA first? Does your hardware project include the system ID component?

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    13 years ago

    Dear Daixiwen,

    Thank you for your concern. I already solve the problem. But now, there is another problem happen. This error appeared (refer my attachment) when I try to download the ELF file using flash programmer. Do you have any suggestion or idea about that?

    Thanks in advance :)
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    13 years ago

    One of the IPs you are using isn't licensed. You can't flash your design without buying the license first.

    From this line
    Vendor: 0x6AF7, Product: 0x00A2
    It looks like it is the Nios II CPU. Try to switch to the Nios II/e core, that doesn't require a license. (If you are running Quartus II 10 or newer).
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    13 years ago

    Dear Daixiwen,

    Thanks for your prompt reply. If you dont mind, how to switch from Nios II CPU to Nios II/e core?

    Thanks for your strong support :)
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    13 years ago

    Go into SOPC builder / QSys, double click on the cpu component, and from there you should find atab where you can select the core type, between the /e, /s and /f variants.

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    13 years ago

    Dear Daixiwen,

    I already changed it. But, i still cannot download. Do you have any ideas? :(
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    13 years ago

    Do you still have the same error? What version of Quartus do you have? Did you regenerate the QSys/SPOC system and recompiled the Quartus project?

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    13 years ago

    Yes. I get same error. I used Quartus 11.1 version. I already generate and compiled SOPC after changed to NiosII/e (refer my attachment). Is there any setting that I need to change?

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    13 years ago

    After you compiled the Quartus project, can you look at the assembler report, in "Encryted IP Cores"? It should give a list of cores that still require a license.

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    13 years ago

    How do I can check at assembler report? I only know compilation report. If you dont mind can you tell me where I can check it? :(