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14 years ago

PFL and nios II control flash

hi, I am going to use PFL and AP configuration scheme in my Cyclone III with an external parallel Flash. In this Cyclone III, there is a Nios II processor, and I am going to put the Nios II imaging ...
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12 years ago

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yes, you can boot a Nios from CFI flash

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Please advise - where can I find more info on how Nios II can use the non-configuration data stored in the same flash memory device which was used for configuration?

It is confusing , that on this schematic ( from Parallel Flash Loader Megafunction User Guide ) Nios II Processor Interface looks to be outside Altera FPGA, but actually it is inside it.

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