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Altera_Forum
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15 years agoMultiprocessor configuration
I'm about to start work on adding a second processor to my design. The plan is to have the second processor work autonomously in relation to the current processor -- the only data sharing will be i...
Altera_Forum
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15 years agoIt is that simple - at least as far as the hardware is concerned.
You may have issues getting the code loaded, and you might want separate control over the cpu resets (ie add the cpu soft reset as well as the sopc reset). For instance the boot sequence for cpu 'a' could copy the code & static data for cpu 'b' from flash into any on chip memory before releasing 'b's reset. Of course, any communication between the two needs proper synchronisation.