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15 years ago

How to set Idle state ?

Hello, I'm a new user so be gentle :) I need to create an Idle state, I have ISR called by the clock every 1 ms, and I need to get rid of the for(;;) loop in the main function this is my...
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15 years ago

Thank you all, I added some sort of while(1) to my code - I wrote scheduler that registered my function, and every tick run it and some other routines ...

I think that an Idle state is necessary to the NIOS, after all, if my code is event driven, so most of the time (80%) the cpu should do NOTHING !!!!!!

power consumption is an issue in embedded real time systems, and so is cpu temp, especially if one uses two cpu's or more .

donq - if you are correct, so alt_main must disable all interrupts, just like any other real time operation system (I know i'm working OSless ...)

how can I contact Altera to ask about cpu behavior after main has ended ?