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10 years ago

How to download elf file to the Nios without recompiling

Hello, I have a system with a Nios II processor. Currently, to download the system to the FPGA, I first download the .sof file using the Quartus II programmer, then on Quartus II I click on "To...
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10 years ago

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Is this to be run in the Nios Command Shell? Also, is the [x-y] supposed to be left like that or be replaced with something? When I tried to run it, it told me "There are no JTAG cables available on your system which match the --cable option you provided (USB-Blaster on host [x-y])."

I'm using Quartus 14.0 on a Win7 machine and a DE0-Nano board.

Thanks

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Yes I belive you run it under the NIOS command shell in Windows (I use Linux and have my environment set up to run all the NIOS commands).

If you type "jtagconfig" you should see your cable name to be used for the -c argument. My example was just for illustration.