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9 years ago

Question about boot NIOS from Micron N25Q flash

Hi all, I am using arrow cyclone v soc kit, with a Cyclone V 5csxf6d6f31c6 chip which has a hardcore ARM-A9 inside. but i am not using this arm core, i am just working with nios purely on fpga sid...
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9 years ago

Hello Momxinduo,

Some suggestions based on my own experience:

- First i would try to reprogram my FPGA without the Nios configuration: for example make a blink application in VHDL download it and try to run it from ram.

- Then i would try to do this with the Eprom.

=> I did the same where i reconfigured the default application with on my DE0_CV. Programming the EPROM is done with a .POF file not with a .SOF file (in my case). So you have to convert a .sof to a .pof before sending it to the EPROM.

- Then, if you want to do this with Nios-II, i have not done it but, for Nios II to run by it own you need a licence. Therefore this will not work with Quartus Lite. I do not know wich version you have but Nios II does not run from Quartus Lite unless there is a connection between Quartus and your board.

Best Regards,

Johi.