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20 years ago

How to make very compact code

I have some code that gets run whenever the processor is reset and basically reads a register continually, waits for it to be set to '1' and when it is, sets up a DMA (by setting the register...
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20 years ago

If you are using the JTAG UART, the driver for the UART requires 4kBytes of memory just for the software buffers.

You could modify the altera_avalon_jtag_uart.h to lower the size of the software buffers, or you could remove the JTAG UART from your design.