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22 years ago

IDE FLash Programmer

I am having troubles with the Flash Programmer whne flashing the EPCS. The main problem is it isn't working. I have three different boards that all fail in the same way. Here is the console ou...
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22 years ago

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It just sounds like you have a Nios whose only purpose is to reprogram the EPCS; not a typical application[/b]

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This is exactly what we are doing. With the Nios 2 you can program flash and EPCS devices from the IDE. It does this by configuring the FPGA with a minimal design used just for flashing. Since the EPCS has dedicated pins they don&#39;t come out of the Nios so some optimization was occuring that prevented the flashing of EPCS devices.

More info on the new flashing came be found here:

nios ii flash programmer&#39;s user guide (http://altera.com/literature/ug/ug_nios2_flash_programmer.pdf)