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21 years ago

Comm w/ Nios II Windows XP & UART

Hi, Does anyone have any examples of comm code that can run on Nios II and a Windows XP machine? Code allows user to select file on Windows XP and load to designated memory in Nios II space. ...
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21 years ago

Either of the boot monitors u-boot or redboot will do this. With u-boot you can do a 'loadb 0x100000' on the target and then do a 'send file' in hyperterm to download a binary file. Once the file is downloaded you can burn it to flash. The individual steps can be automated.