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9 years ago

How can I run program on external SRAM?

Dear, In my system,there is a 2MByte external SRAM,I have implemented a SRAM interface controller using Qsys, and passed reading and writing test of SRAM from NIOS processor. I want to...
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9 years ago

You need a section of on-chip memory as well. This is where you point your reset vector. You put a code copier in the on-chip ram that copies your code from flash to external memory. There are some tools to help with this. I've seen a tutorial video on doing this, but I don't remember where. It is also explained in the Nios II embedded software development documentation.