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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

Update software in on-chip memory for NIOS II without full recompile

Hello there,

i am working on a design that has a NIOS II and a software that is small enough to fit fully in on-chip memory, so to boot the system we tick the "initilize memory contents" in the SOPC builder. It works flawlessly.

However, whenever we have to make a change to the software we need to recompile the whole design after having created the .hex files from the NIOS EDS. This system do not have an EPCS controller (and we don't want to use it)

Is there a way to update just the memory contents of the on-chip memories without triggering a full recompile? (which can take up to 15 minutes

Thanks for your answers in advance!

cheers.

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    Altera_Forum
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    15 years ago

    Ok, think i figure it out.

    You use "Generate memory initialization files" from the processing menu and the you run just the assembler...

    In this way you can generate the .sof and .pof files in a rapid way, without having to recompile the full project.

    I think i should have read the FAQ before posting, sorry guys.