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9 years ago

Interacting with LCD screen using Linux on board, Cyclone V FPGA,

Hello, So, I'm still pretty much a beginner. I already viewed and ran an example design project for the I2C controller, this example interacts with the LCD screen, EEPROM and a few other things (h...
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9 years ago

Thank you for your reply, Yes, I have a linux installed on the SD card and i can execute basic exe programs on it. Sorry if i seem ignorant but I don't think the board (Cyclone V SoC) has a NIOS processor,it had an A9 Cortex ARM processor (it has a hard processor system (HPS)), so I'm not sure if what you're suggesting is possible in my case. Also, from what i understand from your response, if i want to interact with the LCD screen from my on chip linux then i ought to take a completely different path from that illustrated in the design example which makes use of a Hardware Library to relieve the programmer of low level programming and uses the JTAG cable to program the FPGA (it is furthermore a bare metal type of project if that information helps)