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16 years ago

New component in SOPC builder

Hi, I am trying to make a basic up/down counter as a component in SOPC builder. An 'en' signal will tell the counter whether to count up or down. I was planning to give this en through NIOS II....
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16 years ago

where does your enable come from ?

where is it generated and where is it controled by whom ?

if you want your nios to enable / disable your counter then you can add a PIO and assign one of these PIO signals as EN to your ip, but for that you do not need to include your ip function as an sopc component. why not add your ip on top level ? you generate your nios with all funtionality including a PIO and connect that onw particular signal from your PIO as EN to your counter ?