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16 years ago

Nios II IDE launches quartus programmer

I have created a system on a DE3 board. When I try to run the software on it using the Nios II IDE, it finishes the project build, and then launches the quartus programmer window - the program does n...
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16 years ago

If the nios2 IDE cannot actually find your processor in the JTAG chain, the assumption is that you've got the wrong firmware loaded into the FPGA. It then launches the quartus II programmer so you can program your firmware into the FPGA. You should have seen a printout in the console indicating that it couldn't find your CPU. Note there are multiple consoles in the IDE and you might have a different one showing. If you click on the little drop-down arrow next to the console icon above the console window, you can select one of the other consoles.

Jake