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Altera_Forum
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8 years ago

What to do if on-chip memory is too small for Nios II program

All Nios II tutorials explain how to use on-chip memory to store the Nios II program. However, what does one do if the program is too big to fit in there? Then one would have to use off-chip memory. ...
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8 years ago

You specify the address of the external memory controller and connect it to the instruction master in Qsys, just like with on-chip memory.

I believe the size of the .elf file is the size you need to know.