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15 years ago

Programming IO ports in NIOS II

Hi, Im new to nios ii software programming.I need to implement a hardware on an fpga.But as there are no sufficient pins availabile on the board,i thought of using a nios 2 processor to give external...
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15 years ago

Adding extra nios cpu won't magically generate extra IO pins!

Your best hope is to add external logic to multiplex/demultiplex the information, these days that would typically be done in a small fpga!