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Honored ContributorAPEX Nios Dev kit
[list][*]The factory default demo doesn't work at all.
[*]When I download the new Nios project to Apex, It doesn't work ,either. But the project can work properly in another same dev kit. [*]But I can download a project excluding Nios to APEX, and it work finely ! [/list] Folks, Help me....13 Replies
Altera_ForumTo Kerri:
I'm a Newbie. And the board doesn't work in my hands after I obtained the board, maybe someone in my Lab made a mistake to the board. 1. in the <nios 2.0> kit, I finds standard_32_devboard.flash (552 KB (565,257 Byte)) standard_32.sof (238 KB (243,757 Byte)) but it doesn't work. I wonder whether the following files are created by yourself ? recovery_configuration_apex_20k200.sof default_board_image_apex_20k200.flash Would you like to send these files to me ( [email protected] -----Max. 8M attachment ) and " ns " is not a command !!! Download *.sof by Byteblaster??? 2. http://www.altera.com/literature/ds/ds_nio...pex_20k200e.pdf (http://www.altera.com/literature/ds/ds_nio...pex_20k200e.pdf) P15 Table 2. Flash Memory Allocation : 0x100000-0x17FFFF(512KBytes) Nios instruction and nonvolatile data space. How do the Nios fetch the instruction in the flash? How can I find more detail about the flash allocaton? 3. Kerri, do you do experiments in the Apex Board wiht Quartus 1.1 and Nios 1.0? Is it wise enough to buy a latest Cyclone(Stratix) Nios II dev. kit , as I finds more information is based on these kits. Or I get the Nios II + Nios II IDE CDs and begin to applicate them in the Apex.- Altera_Forum
Hi all.
as far as I'm aware NiosII doesn't support Apex........ - Altera_Forum
OK, I realised late last night that you were on a really old version (2.5 years old and 8 + releases). And that it probably didn't have ns in it. ns is not a published command, it was put there to help us who work on it all day long.
We did test Nios 1.0 and Q 1.1, but again, that was so long ago I don't remember specifics. I don't ever remember an issue with the default image flash files being bad. People are raving about Nios II, so if you are willing to get a stratix or cyclone board, then you could definately use it. And I think you might be happier. You could also see about upgrading your 2.0 kit to 3.2. Then use the Quartus 1 year free license to use the latest Quartus/sopc builder. Sopc Builder is now part of Quartus. But if you don't want to do that. Lets try to get your board up and running. I'll email you at the email address and see what we can get going. I'll post the final result here.
