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11 years ago

How to determine if I need custom components in Qsys/SOPC or not?

Hi all, Please forgive me if my question does not make sense to u, I am a newbie to this. I am going to use BOTH the Nios II processor AND the FPGA on the development board, meaning I n...
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11 years ago

I understand that if I am going to use custom made component in Qsys, I should refer to the Avalon interface specification:http://www.altera.com/literature/manual/mnl_avalon_spec.pdf

But, before going into this, I want to ask one question, since I need to send signals from the board to Mosfet switches (which are NOT on the board), does it mean I for sure need to have custom component? I just want to make sure I understand correctly.