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11 years ago

User Interface to control SRAM (cyclone iii starter kit board)

Dear Altera user, I'm using an altera board Cyclone iii start kit (with external Sram and Dram) I explain here the way I'am using it, but I'm looking for a better solution. The problem concern...
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11 years ago

Hi Cris2,

I have already the Hardware and it works. The hadware reads the Sram and then stores the result back into the SRAM. The data path: Sram -> DESIGN -> SRAM, works fine. But I have to use the Board control panel to fill the SRAM and to Read the Result from it. Suppose my DESIGN is in my_project.sof. The Board Control Panel doesn't work when I have my_design.sof in the FPGA, I have to reconfigure the FPGA (push the Button reconfig) to put (defaut image in the flash) default.sof, in order to get it working. I summarize all steps:

1) Defautl image (*.sof) from the flash : I use the Baord panel to fill the SRAM with a file)

2) I put my_design.sof in the FPGA

3) I run the processing

4) reconfigure the FPGA with defautl image (from flash) : I use the Board panel to read the result from the SRAM

I'm looking for a solution to integrate a "Board panel like" function into my_design.sof

I hope it's clear now !

Thanks very much for your effort and your time

Chahid