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16 years ago

NIOS boot loading

Hello, I am new with NIOS architecture. One part of my project deals with NIOS, I don't have to understand what's going on inside, but it has to be loaded so that my project can work fully. I hav...
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16 years ago

Are you using it to configure the FPGA with the AS method? In that case you can flash your software in it just after the configuration, and use the bootloader embedded in the EPCS controller to recopy your software in main RAM and run it.

The bootloader is briefly described at the beginning of application note 458 (http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an458.pdf?gsa_pos=3&wt.oss_r=1&wt.oss=nios%20boot%20loader&gsa_pos=10&wt.oss_r=1&wt.oss=epcs%20bootloader).