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Gyud0
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5 years ago

Remote upgrade IP-Cyclone V

Hey,

I'm trying to integrate the Remote Upgrade IP in Cyclone V without an Avalon bus and I have two questions:

1) Do I need to integrate the Remote Upgrade IP in the factory design with a state machine that operates it according to page 7 in the user guide ?

2) I'm working with a EPCS128 device so what are the address range of page 0 (the factory image) and page 1 (image 2-application image) ?

Thank you very much!

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  • YuanLi_S_Intel's avatar
    YuanLi_S_Intel
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    5 years ago

    Hi,


    Please find my response below:

    1) Do I need to integrate the Remote Upgrade IP in the factory design with a state machine that operates it according to page 7 in the user guide ?

    Yes, you need to.


    2) I'm working with a EPCS128 device so what are the address range of page 0 (the factory image) and page 1 (image 2-application image) ?

    I am assuming you are using Active Serial Configuration Scheme. When you are generating the bitstream for the flash (.jic), you may need to add 2 sof file (factory image and application image), from there, you can select the start address for page 0 and page 1.


    Regards,

    Bruce


    • Gyud0's avatar
      Gyud0
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      5 years ago

      Thanks, I did it successfully.

      Now, I want to add the option "Enable reconfig POF checking" so do I need check the "pof_error" signal in my state machine, before I send the reconfig command from my state machine to the Remote Update IP? I mean before the step 4 in the following order:

    • Knug's avatar
      Knug
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      5 years ago

      Hi,

      Lucky you are using a configuration device that supports Active Serial (AS) mode.

      Our configuration device only supports FPP or PS scheme and we are using MAX V CPLD with PFL.

      No luck from our side to use the Remote Update IP within our Cyclone V FPGA for this yet

      Regards,

      Kevin

  • YuanLi_S_Intel's avatar
    YuanLi_S_Intel
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    5 years ago

    Hi,


    Yes you can do so by reading the "pof_error" indicator before you trigger reconfiguration on steps 4.


    • Gyud0's avatar
      Gyud0
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      5 years ago

      I did it =).

      Another question, if I give a wrong address to the Remote Update IP, how many addresses the ASMI Parallel IP will search before the "pof_error" indicator will turn on?

  • YuanLi_S_Intel's avatar
    YuanLi_S_Intel
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    5 years ago

    Hi,


    Another question, if I give a wrong address to the Remote Update IP, how many addresses the ASMI Parallel IP will search before the "pof_error" indicator will turn on?

    The remote update IP will search for address that user entered only. If it is not existed, then "pof_error" indicator will turn on.


    Regards,

    Bruce