running design example on altera

Hi, you get altera cyclone III dev, there is an included "getting started" which is a good point to start.

On altera web site > Literature, there are numerous pdf tutorials.

hi sir/madam,

thank you so much for your reply.

am trying to run web server design example, there as soon as i launch sopc builder its not asking for create new system instead its showing open system and am encountering errors related to sd_ram_controller. if i disable that then there will not be any errors, it generates files. but while running those files am getting many errors.

my question is

can i disable components which are already defined?

and files generated are are in Verilog HDL files i want VHDL files

how to get VHDL files?

any suggestions are appreciated

thank you. . .

Which version of Quartus & Nios are you using ?

Could you post errors ?

am using quartus II 8.1 and nios II system.

am getting these errors as soon as i launch sopc builder

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: *******************************************************************

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: Running Quartus II Analysis & Synthesis

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: Version 8.1 Build 163 10/28/2008 SJ Web Edition

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: Copyright (C) 1991-2008 Altera Corporation. All rights reserved.

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: Your use of Altera Corporation's design tools, logic functions

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: and other software and tools, and its AMPP partner logic

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: functions, and any output files from any of the foregoing

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: (including device programming or simulation files), and any

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: associated documentation or information are expressly subject

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: to the terms and conditions of the Altera Program License

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: Subscription Agreement, Altera MegaCore Function License

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: Agreement, or other applicable license agreement, including,

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: without limitation, that your use is for the sole purpose of

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: programming logic devices manufactured by Altera and sold by

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: Altera or its authorized distributors. Please refer to the

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: applicable agreement for further details.

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: Processing started: Thu Mar 17 10:02:19 2011

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Info: Command: quartus_map not_a_project --generate_hdl_interface=C:\altera\suma\web_ser\webserver_c3\web_server\altera_avalon_sd_mmc_spi\ip_sd_mmc_spi_wrapper.vhd --source=C:\altera\suma\web_ser\webserver_c3\web_server\altera_avalon_sd_mmc_spi\ip_sd_mmc_spi_wrapper.vhd --source=C:\altera\suma\web_ser\webserver_c3\web_server\altera_avalon_sd_mmc_spi\ip_sd_mmc_spi.vhd --set=HDL_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_PATH=C:\DOCUME~1\user\LOCALS~1\Temp\sopcqmap35285tmp\ip_sd_mmc_spi_wrapper.vhd_temp

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Error: Can't find valid feature line for core SD_MMC_SPI_CORE (EC11_0002) in current license

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Error (10003): Can't open encrypted VHDL or Verilog HDL file "C:/altera/suma/web_ser/webserver_c3/web_server/altera_avalon_sd_mmc_spi/ip_sd_mmc_spi.vhd" -- current license file does not contain a valid license for encrypted file

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Error: Quartus II Analysis & Synthesis was unsuccessful. 2 errors, 0 warnings

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Error: Peak virtual memory: 173 megabytes

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Error: Processing ended: Thu Mar 17 10:02:22 2011

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Error: Elapsed time: 00:00:03

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Error: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:02

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Analyser output file not present: ip_sd_mmc_spi_wrapper.vhd.xml

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: No definition of ip_sd_mmc_spi_wrapper in C:/altera/suma/web_ser/webserver_c3/web_server/altera_avalon_sd_mmc_spi/ip_sd_mmc_spi_wrapper.vhd

if i disable el_camino_sd_card_controller then it generates system without any error.

after that while executing top module i am facing these errors

Error: Port "CSn_from_the_el_camino_sd_card_controller" does not exist in macrofunction "cycloneIII_embedded_evaluation_kit_web_server_sopc_instance"

Error: Port "DI_from_the_el_camino_sd_card_controller" does not exist in macrofunction "cycloneIII_embedded_evaluation_kit_web_server_sopc_instance"

Error: Port "DO_to_the_el_camino_sd_card_controller" does not exist in macrofunction "cycloneIII_embedded_evaluation_kit_web_server_sopc_instance"

Error: Port "SCLK_from_the_el_camino_sd_card_controller" does not exist in macrofunction "cycloneIII_embedded_evaluation_kit_web_server_sopc_instance"

Error: Port "WP_to_the_el_camino_sd_card_controller" does not exist in macrofunction "cycloneIII_embedded_evaluation_kit_web_server_sopc_instance"

Info: Generated suppressed messages file C:/altera/suma/des_ex/webserver_c3/web_server/cycloneIII_embedded_evaluation_kit_web_server.map.smsg

Error: Quartus II Analysis & Synthesis was unsuccessful. 6 errors, 88 warnings

Error: Peak virtual memory: 352 megabytes

Error: Processing ended: Thu Mar 17 09:47:54 2011

Error: Elapsed time: 00:02:22

Error: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:01:07

pls help me out of this.

Hi, I see this is NOT a sd_ram_controller problem (as post# 3), but it is a license problem for el_camino_sd_card_controller.

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Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Error: can't find valid feature line for core sd_mmc_spi_core (ec11_0002) in current license

Error: el_camino_sd_card_controller: Error (10003): Can't open encrypted VHDL or Verilog HDL file "C:/altera/suma/web_ser/webserver_c3/web_server/altera_avalon_sd_mmc_spi/ip_sd_mmc_spi.vhd" -- current license file does not contain a valid license for encrypted file

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Check your license files.

El camino sd_card controller is a third party component. Maybe license expired.

thank you so much for your reply. . .

that problem got resolved. . .

i successfully downloaded that into fpga and i have selected correct .sof file even then when i tried to download it into nios ii it is showing this messege in the consol. . .

Using cable "USB-Blaster [USB-2]", device 1, instance 0x00

Pausing target processor: OK

Reading System ID at address 0x08000200:

ID value does not match: read 0x62C962CE; expected 0x54F17201

Timestamp value does not match: image on board is older than expected

Read timestamp 0:47:22 2010/12/22; expected 9:34:51 2011/03/17

The software you are downloading may not run on the system which is currently

configured into the device. Please download the correct SOF or recompile.

Restarting target processor

am not getting where i might have gone wrong. .

pls help me. . .

hi,

in nios ii v8.1 "nios ii c/c++ application and BSP templet" was not there so i uninstalled that and installed version 10.1, in that target connections are not accessable and in nios ii hardware consol it is showing the following messege,

could not initialize class.com.altera.systemconsole.internal.plugin.jtag.aji.AJIcable

what may be the problem?

pls help me. . .

hi,

sorry it was not a problem. i didn't knew that "nios ii c/c++ application and bsp" templet is used only for compilation, i tried to run it on hardware so that problem had occured. . .

now am facing a different problem. . .

i downloaded web server hardware into fpga and tried to run hello word software program on nios ii. there are no errors nothing but the problem is, output is not getting displayed in the console.

if anybody has idea where i might have gone wrong or what the problem may be, pls help me. . .

thank you. . .