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Honored ContributorHow to Connect to SOPC Avalong Bus from outside of SOPC
I'm using the SDRAM with Nios and SOPC, but I also need to write to the SDRAM via logic that is outside the SOPC. How is this typically done? I'm assuming I would need to create a peripheral ...
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Honored ContributorIt is easier to create a component with an Avalon master interface if you intend to share the RAM between your custom logic and other components (such as the Nios CPU). I understood from your first post that this is what you wanted to do.
SOPC builder will automatically create arbitration logic for you to share the RAM, which would be a bit more difficult to do if you had to do it yourself.
