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14 years ago

INCLUDE SOFTWARE INTO EPCS (.jic)

Hello, i tried many different method on how to include my software for nios2 processor (.elf file) into the jic file together with the .sof fpga file. I have an fpga with a nios2 processor. I...
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14 years ago

You can also use your code to initialise the on-chip memory as part of the normal FPGA initialisation (via a .HEX file).

In this case the reset vector points directly into the on-chip memory.

This saves the fpga resources used for the EPCS bootloader, but means that you can't restart the code without a full fpga reset.