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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

How to program the elf file to Nios by MCU?

Hi, In our design, we use the mcu to programming the fpga, and fpga has no flash connected to it. So,Could I program the elf file to Nios by mcu? Thanks.
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20 years ago

confused.

[In our design, we use the mcu to programming the fpga, and fpga has no flash connected to it.]

Where does your configuration data locate? On PC or on your board? Do you download by using a cable?

[Does it is possible to download the elf file to the FPGA(configed with Nios core) by a mcu directly?]

Do you mean you want to download elf to on-chip memory? ELF shall be copied to SRAM or SDRAM for executing and shall not be downloaded to FPGA, I think.