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16 years ago

running C without jtag

Hello, I'm working on a module that is a part of a big project that's done on several stratix 3 FPGAs on a Gidel board. My problem is this: In all the NIOS guides that I read I only see th...
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16 years ago

Ayal,

There are any number of ways that this can be done. The simplest is probably just to point your Reset Address at a non-volatile memory (CFI flash or EPCS), program the flash, and then allow the processor to load the code from this non-volatile memory on boot/reset.

There are other methods mentioned in the Advanced Boot Copier AN (an-458 (http://http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an458.pdf)). It sounds like you'd be interested in this document.

Cheers,

- slacker