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14 years ago

MPU in UP3 board`

Hi,

I am trying to make use of Memory Protection Unit in NiosII/f core and I am using UP3 development board.

This link http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an540.pdf says that we need to enable it by checking "Inlcude MPU" as shown in figure 1.

But at my end, I am not finding that option(Please refer to snapshot attached with this mail):(

Does that mean UP3 does not support it? :(

Also am using Quartus 10.1...is this a factor..?

Please help...

Thanks,

Amjad

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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    The MPU didn't exist until the December 2009 release. If you're using tools earlier than that...it won't be there.

    Cheers,

    slacker
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    14 years ago

    ^^ Thanks....so its more of a tool problem than development board problem right..?

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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    But am using Quartus 10.1 which is the latest version....

    please help...:confused:
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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    I dunno...are you using the "legacy" SOPC Builder (PTF based)? That might be an issue and could happen if your porting an old design forward. I advocate starting from scratch which, in most cases, isn't too hard to do.

    See attached image to see what I see when using 10.1 with one of the sample designs.

    Good luck!

    slacker
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    14 years ago

    Thanks Slacker....yes am indeed using ptf based system. I will look into your suggestion... :)