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Altera_Forum
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11 years agoSOCkit Hard Processor System - problems getting started (unassigned pins, vhdl lib)
I've been working on FPGAs now for a year or so - building my own Atari 800XL clone in hardware. This is running on several boards using pure VHDL, except for the PLL. On all other boards I'm using a...
Altera_Forum
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11 years agoI've been through the same Mao III tutorial and have the same questions as# 2 and# 3 above. One thing I still don't understand is: if you look at the pdf schematic (watermarked by Terasic) that comes with the SoCKit SystemCD, the pins to the Cyclone V generally don't match the HPS pins assigned by the fitter after full compilation. For example, after compilation, the fitter assigns hps_memory_mem_a[14] to PIN_AJ2 on the Cyclone; but when I look at the Terasic schematic sheet 3 of 30, PIN_AJ2 seems to be connected to the VGA port.
I suppose it's something simple I'm missing, but for now i am perplexed. I have SoCKiT rev c board and documentation. Of course, it also doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy that Terasic has the part# wrong on the schematic.