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14 years ago

Programming EPCS with FPGA config and NIOS II with AS

Hello, Please excuse me for this newby question. I have configured a NIOS II processor for a FPGA and written a small program. The NIOS II processor has a EPCS-interface for programming the ...
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14 years ago

Yes that's it. And you need the epcs controler for two things, first the bootloader itself (which is contained in a small ROM inside the EPCS controller, that's why you need to set the CPU's reset vector to the controller, and connect the instruction master to it) and second to let the CPU access the EPCS when copying the software to memory.