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15 years ago

sw+hw EPCS programming using Programmer / nios2-flash-programmer

Hi, I'm again facing a curious episode. I have a system that consists of a fpga with a nios processor (included a epcs controller) + epcs + external sram + external cfi flash. Currently I'm...
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15 years ago

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After programming with the programmer (using the jic file), the fpga don't start, but after turn off/turn on the power supply used with the system, the fpga load the content recently programmed in the epcs and starts sucessfully.

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Try check "Configure device after programming" or same option in Quartus Programmer. To flash sw and hw I use Nios Flash Programmer, it works perfectly. But hw desing should be previously downloaded to device. I prefer sof file instead of jic, no need to convert to jic.