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RPett4
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3 years ago

Absolute minimum bare metal app

I'm having a lot of trouble getting u-boot SPL to build/do anything on an Arria V board, so I want to make the absolute bare minimum software app with just enough code to get an HPS GPIO wiggling (GPIO64 in the HPS parameters page), so I can see it on the oscope, and prove it's running something. Can someone review these steps and let me know if anything is missing:

1) startup code at 0xffff0000, setup stack pointer, branch to main

2) call "spl_board_init()" from spl.c, which utilizes the "generated" settings from Quartus, which should configure clocks, initialize IO pins with the scan manager/pin mux, unthaw IO banks

3) disable both L4 watchdogs

4) clear reset bit for GPIO2 in the reset manager

5) in the GPIO2 register space, set bit 6 of the DDR register high to configure GPIO64 as output

6) in the GPIO2 register space, set/clear bit 6 of the DR register to toggle GPIO64 pin high/low.

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    • RPett4's avatar
      RPett4
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      3 years ago

      Hello, I will try out that link. In the meantime, could you elaborate on "keep the SPL"? My step 2 was doing "spl_board_init" from the original spl.c (not custom spl.c). Were there more steps involved?

      Also: Where is the installer for DS-5 Community Edition?

  • Jeet14's avatar
    Jeet14
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    3 years ago

    Hi,

    Please refer the tutorial on-
    1. How to Write and Run a Bare Metal C Program in ARM DS-5 AE for Altera SoCs. Link

    2. Bare-Metal Debugging using ARM DS-5 Altera Edition. Link

    Also, refer link to download the arm DS 5 tool and go to licensing DS-5 option to register and evaluate for free.

    Regards
    Tiwari

  • tehjingy_Altera's avatar
    tehjingy_Altera
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    3 years ago

    Hi rdb9878


    Thanks Jeetesh for providing the links.

    You could refer to the links by Jeetesh on helping you with the baremetal application creation.

    "Keeping the SPL" means that we will follow the flow of having at least the SPL to do the board initialization procedure.

    From my understanding that you would like to only run your baremetal application on the board. I would not recommend that route.

    If you refer to the baremetal guide https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683211/current/bare-metal-overview.html


    The SPL is always present to do the board initialization procedure.


    Regards

    Jingyang, Teh


  • tehjingy_Altera's avatar
    tehjingy_Altera
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    3 years ago

    Hi


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    Regards

    Jingyang, Teh