Forum Discussion

Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
19 years ago

SOPC Component Editor

Hi, i am a beginner with the SOPC builder and i want to create a prototyping system in which i have used a NIOS II/e core, on chip RAM, JTAG UART and a PLL. What i want to achieve is that i have a VH...
Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
19 years ago

--- Quote Start ---

originally posted by khurrum@Jul 28 2006, 12:13 AM

hi, i am a beginner with the sopc builder and i want to create a prototyping system in which i have used a nios ii/e core, on chip ram, jtag uart and a pll. what i want to achieve is that i have a vhdl design file, which creates a component that basically performs the xor operation. the ports are as follows:

1)two 32-bit vectors

2)clk, reset

3)a 32 bit vector returning the result and also a flag bit

i want to creat a component in sopc builder based on my design. what i hope to achieve is to write a c application in the nios ide, which will just basically connect the ram to the ports of my design. i will have a dedicated section in ram, where i will have my data stored.

now the problem is that i am not sure how do i make the component in sopc builder? once i add the hdl file i have to define the signals and i not sure how many avalon interfaces should i use because basically i want to have 3 ports for input and 2 ports for output so that each can be accessed a specific memory location. these ports will read/write to the ram.

so in the sopc component editor:

1)what interfaces should i use for the signal?

2)what signal types should i declare (export, readdata, writedata)?

3)what settings do i need for the individual interfaces?

do i need any changes in my vhdl design file because i didnt write it thinking i would integrate it with the nios ii processor core. any help would be appreciated.

thanks

<div align='right'><{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=17198)

--- quote end ---

--- Quote End ---

Hi Khurrum ,

This link may help you in general understanding about how to make a component in SOPC : http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii54007.pdf (http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii54007.pdf)

Cheers,

Quan