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18 years ago

IP Cores without NIOS?

Hi, Is it possible to use Altera IP Cores without a NIOS II processor? As far as I can understand from documentation all the IP cores connect to an Avalon bus provided by the NIOS II. Is i...
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18 years ago

The UART available in the SOPC Builder IP was specifically designed to be used in conjunction with SOPC builder and the NIOS processor. You can still use it without the NIOS processor.

You'll of course need to write your own avalon master. You can read the documentation to find out what the register map looks like. You can also look at the software drivers provided for the NIOS to see examples of how to properly interact with the UART.

It may actually be easier and much less time consuming to just put down an economy core NIOS.

Jake