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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

hxdzjk,

Altera provides a detailed handbook how this could be done:

... see alteras: configuration handbook (http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-config.jsp)

In Quartus 'Assignments->Device->Device & Pin Options...' you can configure to get a Raw-Binary-File which can be sent to FPGA in a serial manner (passive serial configuration) to configure your FPGA after power-on by a MCU.

If you add internal ROM and RAM you can also write your own boot loader to receive then the firmware from your MCU and stores it in its System-RAM.

Mike