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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

error before download in NIOSII

I try to make a first draft with the processor NIOSII. I get an error that I do not understand when I start my program. "Expected base address of system ID component is undefined" It see...
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15 years ago

Do you have more information in the error log or in the console about why the download failed?

Be sure to use the correct .sof file too. If you don't have all the licenses properly installed, Quartus will genetare a file that ends with "_time_limited.sof" instead of the usual one. Once you install all the licenses check that Quartus generated a traditionnal .sof file and that this is the one you use in the Quartus programmer.