Hard lock with Nios 2 cyclone dev board

to test if your enviroment works, you can make some small test

( the ide flash programmer in the ide has some quirks, so we go the simple way by script)

make a new directory

copy some files into this directory

(main path may differ in your installation)

copy c:\altera\kits\nios2\nios2_sdk_shell.bat

copy c:\altera\kits\nios2\components\altera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20

\system\altera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20.sof

copy c:\altera\kits\nios2\examples\factory_recovery

niosII_cyclone_1c20\restore_cyclone_1c20.flash

it's easier to copy the following command in a script file e.g. restore.sh and call it

make a new file restore.sh and copy the following line in it (only one line)

# start of script file

nios2-flash-programmer --input=restore_cyclone_1c20.flash --sof=altera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20.sof --device=1 --cable="USB-Blaster [USB-0]" --base=0x00800000# end of script file

you now have a direcory with:

nios2_sdk_shell.bat // the batch file to start the nios sdk shell

altera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20.sof // the flash programmer board file, only used by flash programmer

restore_cyclone_1c20.flash // the original content of the flash on the board

restore.sh // your simple shell script to program the flash file

first call nios2_sdk_shell.bat with e.g. doppleclick

then start your restore script with "sh restore.sh"

you should see the following output:

[SOPC Builder]$ sh restore.sh

27.05.2005 23:29:22 - (INFO) nios2-flash-programmer: Launching Quartus Programme

r to download:

altera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20.sof

Pre-Reading 831KBytes of data from U5:

|----.----+----.----|

********************* (6.36 sec).

Erasing 15 Sectors:

|----.----+----.----|

********************* (13.046 sec).

Writing 960KBytes :

|----.----+----.----|

********************* (46.0 sec).

Verifying 960KBytes of data:

|----.----+----.----|

********************* (6.75 sec).

27.05.2005 23:30:38 - (INFO) nios2-flash-programmer: Success. Verified 960Kbytes

written to U5.

27.05.2005 23:30:38 - (INFO) nios2-flash-programmer: Flash programming complete

/cygdrive/c/work/tttt

[SOPC Builder]$

if this worked then your usb-balster and download is ok, if not then post the output please.

if it worked then we can program e.g. the standard.sof from the standard design:

copy c:\altera\kits\nios2\examples\vhdl\niosII_cyclone_1c20\standard\standard.sof

we make a new script (e.g) (flash_standard.sh)

enter the following lines into the script:

# start of script file# first we must convert .sof -> .flash

sof2flash --flash=U1 --input=standard.sof --output=standard.flash --offset=0x600000 --verbose --safe# now we can program the .flash

nios2-flash-programmer --input=standard.flash --sof=altera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20.sof --device=1 --cable="USB-Blaster [USB-0]" --base=0x00800000

# end of script file

call the script: sh flash_standard.sh

you should get the following output:

...

[SOPC Builder]$ sh flash_standard.sh

27.05.2005 23:58:52 - (FEIN) sof2flash: Starting

Info: *******************************************************************

Info: Running Quartus II Convert_programming_file

Info: Command: quartus_cpf --no_banner --convert standard.sof standard.rbf

Info: Quartus II Convert_programming_file was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings

Info: Processing ended: Fri May 27 23:58:53 2005

Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:01

27.05.2005 23:58:54 - (FEIN) sof2flash: Done

27.05.2005 23:58:55 - (INFO) nios2-flash-programmer: Launching Quartus Programme

r to download:

altera_nios_dev_board_cyclone_1c20.sof

Pre-Reading 434KBytes of data from U1:

|----.----+----.----|

********************* (2.89 sec).

Erasing 7 Sectors:

|----.----+----.----|

********************* (3.985 sec).

Writing 448KBytes :

|----.----+----.----|

********************* (21.343 sec).

Verifying 448KBytes of data:

|----.----+----.----|

********************* (3.172 sec).

27.05.2005 23:59:30 - (INFO) nios2-flash-programmer: Success. Verified 448Kbytes

written to U1.

27.05.2005 23:59:30 - (INFO) nios2-flash-programmer: Flash programming complete

/cygdrive/c/work/tttt

[SOPC Builder]$

if this also worked, the issue reset and start debugger again.

good luck