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9 years ago

Custom Component communication/ triggering - Possibilities

Hello together, I try to build up a QSYS-System in which a custom component (e.g. custom GPIO) can trigger a second custom component (e.g. custom Timer). Till now I figured out two possibi...
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9 years ago

If you are constructing your own custom GPIO and Timer modules, then you can also customize their interfaces to include Avalon Interrupt Sender/Receiver and have the modules connected directly when you construct the system in Qsys. There is no need to have NIOS [and software] involved in the triggering you are describing.

Also, you can use "Conduits" to make more flexible/complicated connections, in case what you're trying to accomplish can't be done with interrupts.