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9 years ago

NIOS II soft reset

Hi i am new to the NIOS II features. I am working on a cyclone V (5CEFA4U19C7) which has a Nios II processor in it. I want to do a soft reset which is, resetting the NIOS without power cycling it. I ...
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9 years ago

Hey Alex,

Thanks for clarifying my doubt. I also have another doubt in this. In the document it tells that the system will reset if it stops working properly, how do I test this feature?

Also it tells that I have to periodically write some value in one of the period registers to prevent resetting, does this mean I have to write a piece of code to do this or the block automatically does it. I am a bit confused by this explanation.

Thanks,

Sid