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15 years ago

UART IP? (Newbie)

New to FPGAs and Quartus. I have a DE0 board. I have manged to write and compile VHDL to diddle LEDs etc. Now I am trying to use some of the Altera IP. I have followed the tutorial and added the NIOS core and memory to my design. I would like to add a UART for debugging purposes.

I cannot find a UART in the plug-in manager. Is there one or is this something that requires $$?

Thanks

Rich

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    Altera_Forum
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    15 years ago

    I know the DE0 Example SD_CARD example actually has a UART instantiated.

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    15 years ago

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    Have a look at OpenCores.

    grtz

    Simon

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    Checking it out, very cool.

    Thanks
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    15 years ago

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    I know the DE0 Example SD_CARD example actually has a UART instantiated.

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    Oh yeah...

    Unfortunately I am learning VHDL and that is Verilog. I see a lot more code in Verilog, I hope I made the right choice..........

    Rich