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20 years ago

Upgrading Nios Software - external flash

Dear all, I would like to upgrade my NIOS code by RS232. The NIOS runs from external memory. This is my procedure: - I transfer the .elf file to the .flash file by the instruction el...
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20 years ago

Hi Karel,

can you specify what the procedure that runs out of internal memory is doing exactly. Are you using the hal api to access flash or are you using your own implementation.

You are writing that your program runs from external memory. Is this flash or ram?

By the way, are you copying the procedure to internal memory by yourself or is alteras bootloader doing this job for you?

--wolfgang