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14 years ago

About Address & Size of EPCS flash

Dear experts, I am using Cyclone III with EPCS64 (64Mbits). In SOPCbuilder, I chose "Assign base addresses" and have my epcs_flash_controller configured at base=0x00201800 end=0x00201FFF. ...
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14 years ago

Skw,

if you use the simple standard method for loading the fpga configuration and the software from the serial flash you do not have to write yout own bootloader. This is all done automatically. What you have to do is set the cpu reset vector (suppose you are using the nios) to the epcs_flash_controller. And you have convert your software elf file to a flash file which directly start after the fpga configuration in the flash (sof2flash).

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HJS