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14 years ago

SOPC components and successful connection to NIOS II

Is it necessary for all SOPC components to be working correctly to establish a successful connection with the NIOS Processor. Say I am writing a custom avalon-mm PWM module and it is still in i...
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14 years ago

You might want to have a look at System Console. You could do the same thing Nios II does in TCL. I would start with having just your component, a simple onchip RAM and a JTAG to Avalon-MM bridge component. It will be apparent if/when you deadlock your system and I believe there's even a PLI mode where you could simulate before even trying it in-FPGA.

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