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15 years ago

Struggling with boot from initialized onchip RAM

Greetings fellow Alterians! I am using Quartus II 9.1 SP2, Cyclone III (16K) and EPCS16. My development board works fine and I can download and run software on my NIOS II via USB Blaster with ...
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14 years ago

I was able to compile Nios code into a hex file that I then compiled into the *.sof image.

On power-up I had no problems with the Nios code running, however after a reset the Nios code would fail to run properly. It appeared to die after a few instructions.

I did end up fixing my problem by starting my Nios project/BSP from the "Hello World Small" option. I believe this option configures the BSP in a way that allowed me to reset the SOPC core with no problems.