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14 years ago

pulse generation with de0 nano

hi, there, i just received the nano board for my lab work. this is my first time touching this fancy board. what i wanna is a output 500ms pulse whose duty cycle is 1/60 (30s per cycle). i am t...
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14 years ago

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According to the DE0-nano page, it contains an "Altera serial configuration device – EPCS16". You can use this device to program the FPGA at power-on, i.e., when you insert it into a PC, or into a USB wall-charger (which saves you having to leave your PC on).

So get your design working, and then program the FPGA image onto the EPCS16. The design can contain a NIOS processor, and its code can also boot from this non-volatile memory.

Cheers,

Dave

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thanks. i have done this. but in last post you said mod to toggle the pio component to adjust the pulse time. do i need to mod it on the existing files or add any new components?