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Grorel's avatar
Grorel
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7 years ago

Can the Cyclone V SoC UART Controller be used as RS485 ?

I have a Cyclone V SoC running in my product with Linux on the ARM. I uses UART0 controller on the HPS pins for the linux console mounted on /dev/ttyS0. The UART1 controller signals are linked to t...
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FawazJ_Altera
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7 years ago

You are welcome Aurélien,

You still can use the Soft-core IPs from FPGA side. However, you might not be able to use the software driver of this IP on HPS. The software drivers of the soft-core IPs available in Platform designer were developed to support embedded Nios II system designs. You can access these IPs from HPS, and you need to develop your own driver/macro to function this IP.

Best Regards.

Fawaz,