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19 years ago

pio drive

hi all,

does any one have a project(C code) which enable to drive PIO of 1s40 board (sevenseg, lcd, led pio)

I used the count_binary example of altera, in nios II IDE it works very well.

but when I create a nios2 linux project it won't compile

I think I have problems with Makefile

please help me

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    19 years ago

    there is the problem I got : http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif 

    make -k all 
  no emulation specific options.
make: *** No rule to make target `alt_irq.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** No rule to make target `io.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** No rule to make target `alt_types.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** No rule to make target `altera_avalon_pio_regs.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** No rule to make target `nios2.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** No rule to make target `system.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: Target `all&#39; not remade because of errors

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    19 years ago

    Hi sdhnain,

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    originally posted by sdhnain@May 9 2006, 05:03 PM

    there is the problem i got : http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#emo_dir#>/blink.gif 

    make -k all 
  no emulation specific options.
make: *** no rule to make target `alt_irq.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** no rule to make target `io.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** no rule to make target `alt_types.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** no rule to make target `altera_avalon_pio_regs.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** no rule to make target `nios2.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: *** no rule to make target `system.h&#39;, needed by `count_binary.o&#39;.
make: target `all&#39; not remade because of errors

    .

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    Please post your Makefile.
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    19 years ago

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    originally posted by sdhnain@May 9 2006, 10:51 PM

    hi all,

    does any one have a project(c code) which enable to drive pio of 1s40 board (sevenseg, lcd, led pio)

    i used the count_binary example of altera, in nios ii ide it works very well.

    but when i create a nios2 linux project it won&#39;t compile

    i think i have problems with makefile

    please help me

    <div align='right'><{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=15227)

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    You can&#39;t use HAL api in uClinux.

    Look at the sample pio driver in arch/nios2nommu/kernel/pio.c
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    19 years ago

    thanks hippo,

    the pio.c is good, but it drives only LEDs and seven seg, I need also LCD.

    is it possible ?
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    19 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    originally posted by sdhnain@May 10 2006, 04:52 PM

    thanks hippo,

    the pio.c is good, but it drives only leds and seven seg, i need also lcd.

    is it possible ?

    <div align='right'><{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=15250)

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    There is no LCD driver for nios2 dev board.

    You will have to write or port one.
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    19 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    originally posted by hippo+may 10 2006, 05:28 am--><div class='quotetop'>quote (hippo @ may 10 2006, 05:28 am)</div>

    --- quote start ---

    <!--quotebegin-sdhnain@May 10 2006, 04:52 PM

    thanks hippo,

    the pio.c is good, but it drives only leds and seven seg, i need also lcd.

    is it possible ?

    <div align='right'><{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=15250)

    --- quote end ---

    --- Quote End ---

    There is no LCD driver for nios2 dev board.

    You will have to write or port one.

    <div align='right'><{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=15252)</div>

    [/b]

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    Hippo,

    Is there any pointer to what should look at to write a LCd application for NIOS ii uclinux ?
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    19 years ago

    hi all, i&#39;m also trying to control the lcd module using c program. pls guide. thx.