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11 years ago

DE2-115 schematics don't show EPCS pins

I'm trying to get my hardware/software nios project into the EPCS64 device on the DE2-115 board. It sounds like I need a EPCS controller in my nios project, but when it exports the signals for the c...
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11 years ago

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I do have a question.

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Sorry, I don't use NIOS II tools, so cannot answer this one. However, I'm pretty sure when you set the reset vector to the EPCS, you are not actually running code out of the EPCS, but out of FPGA RAM that is part of the EPCS bootloader/controller.

Note that *ALL* of your booting questions can be answered by yourself by simulating the NIOS II processor design in Modelsim :)

Cheers,

Dave