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14 years ago

Cyclone3: Flash programmig via JTAG

Hi, I’m a student and I started my first FPGA project a few weeks ago. I want to create a “Bootloader” which programs my external flash memory via JTAG. At that point I program my flash memory...
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14 years ago

No this should be all you need.

An alternative to the Nios method could be to use an JTAG to Avalon bridge and connect it to the flash controller. Then you could use System Console on the PC to directly access the flash memory using master read/write commands.