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New ContributorReg SoC Example without using Linux
Team,
Just want to understand do we have any SoC example or steps for implementing SoC without using Linux, as customer is Xilinx legacy user and they are implementing and running System-on-Chip (SoC) on a Xilinx FPGA without using Linux.
Regards
amolkumar
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amolkumarThnaks for update.
Can you suggest links for design except for Hello world for Agilex5 or Cyclone V
Regards
amol
umut_arrowI'm assuming you're interested in baremetal rather than Zephyr.
There is no other "full-on" reference designs other than Hello World example as far as I know. But, the example includes all the necessary peripherals (UART, I2C, SPIO, GPIO, etc.). Take a look at the included and source folders in the Github repo https://github.com/altera-fpga/baremetal-driversFor Cyclone V, take a look at the AN 709: HPS SoC Boot Guide - Cyclone V SoC Development Kit. This devkit comes with a project/software that you can run baremetal.
https://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/HWLib
There are also a healthy amount of third-party reference designs you can find online. Take a look at one from Cornell University below it goes through Cyclone V HPS baremetal. I'd look at Cornell's ECE5760 Course page. They do a lot of stuff with DE1-SoC and DE10-Nano boards. It's all available online.
https://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece5760/DE1_SOC/SoC-FPGA%20Design%20Guide_EPFL.pdf
- umut_arrow
You can run RTOS (Zephyr or FreeRTOS) or Baremetal on an SoC-FPGA. There are handful of reference designs on Github, as well as the GHRD which you can strip down. I put some links below.
Are you looking at any specific device family?https://altera-fpga.github.io/rel-25.1/driver-list_zephyr/
https://altera-fpga.github.io/rel-25.1/driver-list_baremetal/
