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13 years ago

Frequent JTAG problems with NIOS II on DE1

We built out an electronics lab with 30 DE1 boards, and built a NIOS II system to do some microprocessor labs. So far we've been very happy with the platform overall, but there's been constant jtag c...
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13 years ago

I have had similar issues with Eclipse with no luck working around them reliably in Eclipse. I opt to avoid using Eclipse to load the software. Instead, I make use of the Nios2 terminal. It is installed along side Eclipse.

When loading your software using the terminal, you will need to browse to the location of your .elf file. To download your software, use the following command "nios2-download -g XXX.elf". Where XXX is your elf's file name.

Use the "nios2-terminal" command to access the terminal I/O of your Nios.

I hope this helps.