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FMutt1
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6 years ago

What does green LOAD LED stands for on DE0-Nano Eval Board?

Hello, I want to add the .hex output file of a simple NIOS II project into the download process of the bitstream in quartus. I already ​added the .qip file (necessary for memory initialization) to m...
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6 years ago

I included meminit.qip in comile process and I powered up board after programming. Are there any special bsp settings I have to do regarding this problem?

Regards Flo​

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    AnandRaj_S_Intel
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    6 years ago

    ​Hi Flo,

    Default bsp setting should work. Check if we have liker region pointing to On-chip RAM.

    Try to erase before programming EPCS.

    Can you share the design or explain about you design?

    Regards

    Anand

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      FMutt1
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      6 years ago

      ​Hi Anand,

      regarding https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/solutions/rd11192013_118.html the programming of EPCS is not supported in device family of Cyclone IV. So what can I do instead?

      Actual I developed a simple LED blinking project on the Nios II and and running the software in the niosii eclipse studio works problemless. But for programming the software addional to the hardware bitstream to my device, i made the following steps:

      1. Generating a hex file out of your elf by using mem_init_generate build option
      2. Including meminit.qip and hex file into quartus project
      3. Build process including the memory initialization files of step 2
      4. Programming using .sof file

      I attached my project. If you could review the project, that would be really nice.

      Thank you very much previously