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DDavi59
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7 years ago

Nios peripherals to ARM

Hey everyone, I am working on Arria V, I want to know if there is any way to make a BSP that runs with nios II to run with on ARM. for example, UART peripheral that runs on nios to make it run on...
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GHelb
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6 years ago

I think you're asking a 'Platform Designer' question, not a 'Board Support Package' question.

A NIOS BSP would not work on an ARM. An ARM BSP would not work on a NIOS.

A BSP for a multi-CPU (ARM & NIOS) is possible.

If you create a custom peripheral for a NIOS it should work on the ARM; they use the same bus.