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7 years ago

Uploading software on the HPS without a DS-5 license

Hello everyone, We have a few products with the Cyclone V Soc FPGA and to develop software on it we use the Soc EDS with a DS-5 license. But now I'm looking into ways to make an automated test ...
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7 years ago

I was looking for the same a couple years ago

https://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51040&p=210602&highlight=#post210602

Don't think I found a way of doing so. Nobody replied to the thread either.

Think I ended up writing some bootstrap I load into the flash using jtag indirectly and then using tftp to load the test software.

It's a bit sad that something like this hasn't been made available as it's quite useful in fully automated regressions or during production testing. It's possible with nios and easy with Xilinx/Zynq (see my url above)