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21 years ago

Need Assistance

Hi, I am a FPGA designer(VHDL Coder) and we are planning on implementing a NIOS 2 processor into our VHDL designs. I took the NIOS 2 class which Altera was offering, the instructor wasn't very he...
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21 years ago

Okay, I have created code and attached a vhdl component with it and it works. I tested it out on the dev board with IDE. I was able to run the program and debugged it to make sure all the variables are getting the right value. Now here is my question, how do I make it so the C code will be in the on-chip memory(pre-initializing a RAM). So when I boot up the stratix 2-130,1024 fpga, the C code will start up instantly. I tried using the flash programmer but it only gives me an option to burn the code onto an external ram. I wish we could place external memory onto our board but it is too late for it.

Also, 99.9% of the fpga(65% utilization) is VHDL code. How do I get both C code and VHDL(top level) code into the FPGA?

I currently have a Stratix 2 NIOS dev board.

any help will be greatly appreciated

Patel