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12 years ago

Programming NIOS II code to EPCQ in Quartus 13.1

Hello I'm having trouble with NIOS II code executing from an EPCQ x4 flash chip (p/n Micron N25Q256A) after a power cycle. I've followed the following guideleins to boot from EPCQ or EPCS (fro...
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12 years ago

Are you still having problems with this? Based on what you state I'm happy the FPGA configures but Nios doesn't boot.

So, are you happy with the programming? I see the FPGA image can be loaded via .jic successfully. So, subsequent programming of the Nios image relies on the FPGA image booting. When programming this image, can I assume the FLASH programmer reports success?

Are you trying to run your code from the DDR3 attached to the FPGA? Can you run any code from RAM using the 'Run as Nios II Hardware' options?

Finally, we are talking about a Nios core - not the HPS avaiable in that device? Sorry to ask :) just checking...

Regards,

Alex