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Thats a lot of information!Where can I find some more information on the automatically created boot loader? Is there any dedicated tutorial on the flash or quartus programmer (whoever creates the boot loader)?
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Check the Embedded Peripheral user guide.Also, check the link dsl provided before for alternative boot loader code.
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Also I would like to know what happens when the Nios first gets configured as part of the FPGA. Does it start automatically to run the first instruiction from the base address?Is there any other action done before that?
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Yes, it starts running the instruction at the reset vector address. For it to boot from the EPCS, the reset vector address must point to the bootloader code in the EPCS controller memory block.