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20 years ago

SOPC Builder Components WITHOUT a NIOS?

I was under the assumption that you could use some of the SOPC builder components without a NIOS. For example if I wanted an SPI interface to my FPGA logic I could create an SPI to Avalon bus interfa...
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20 years ago

Hi cyclone,

> if I wanted an SPI interface to my FPGA logic I could create an SPI to Avalon bus

> interface in SOPC builder and use it in my design. Is this true?

Yes, but you will have to provide a bridge between your external logic and the

Avalon bus. This is normally a slave interface to your external logic (e.g. a slave

for your external CPU bus) and a master for the Avalon bus.

Regards,

--Scott