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20 years ago

target processor: not responding

This is my first try with NIOS2 and the niosII_stratix_1s10_es eval. board. Compilation, cofiguration worked fine. I then invoke IDE and build Hello_world which gets downloaded to the board ok but...
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20 years ago

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Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]", device 1, instance 0x00

Pausing target processor: not responding.

Resetting and trying again: FAILED

Leaving target processor paused[/b]

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The reason nios2-download is trying to reset the processor and pull it into debug mode in one operation is that this doesn&#39;t allow any user code to be executed. So regardless of what you downloaded last time the processor should go into debug mode if its working.

A failure message here normally indicates that the processor is broken in some way - please check that your clocks are running and within spec and that your reset is working correctly.