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12 years ago

How connect my data to pcie interafce in Qsys?

I saw many altera's design examples, such as pcie design with Qsys as attached file shows. All of these examples don't show any interface to user logic outside of Qsys. I'm a Qsys newer, so i don't k...
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12 years ago

I would suggest working through an existing design example and understanding everything that it is doing, before worrying about adding your own custom parts to your hardware.

Here is one such example:

http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/pci_express_in_qsys_example_designs

If you study the source code, you will see where the DMA in the FPGA is being controlled by software executing on the PC.