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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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You should be able to take the existing design and modify the software. The modifications would involve using a timer to generate the pulses you want. I haven't used NIOS much, so can't comment on specifics. Read through the NIOS documentation and you should be able to find something.

I'm assuming you're more comfortable starting with a software solution. If you'd prefer to go the hardware-only route, we can discuss that.

Cheers,

Dave

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i am confused on the def of software and hardware solution. do you mean i could use the tools like sopc to mod the components or what ever else?

thanks for help, Dave.