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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

eCos Configuration Settings

I'm using an EPC16 as my flash device (read-only interface). The way I get application data into the flash is by converting the application code elf files into .hex format and then using the Qua...
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20 years ago

Having built your application using the configuration you have described, you should be able to simply program it into the EPCS device using the auto-generated program_flash script (as described in the getting started guide).

You don't need to manually construct hex files etc. yourself.

There have been problems with this flow in earlier versions of the eCos port, so you should either ensure that you are running version 5.0, or use the work around described in the "eCos from epcs" thread in this forum.