SoC EDS issue

Hi Aik Eu,

I ma struggling with HPS platform in Cyclone V SoC. I attempted to do it in Quartus 17.1,19.1 and 20.1 and I get stuck in each of them. I put forth another question based on SoC EDS 20.1 ( https://community.intel.com/t5/FPGA-SoC-And-CPLD-Boards-And/Cannot-complete-the-linaro-part/m-p/1446947/emcs_t/S2h8ZW1haWx8dG9waWNfc3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ufExDWTdNOFpNVVlFOVpWfDE0NDY5NDd8U1VCU0NSSVBUSU9OU3xoSw#M23889) where I followed this link https://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/SoCEDS#Install_SoC_EDS_AN1.

Honestly very very clueless regarding this matter. It seems like in every version there are some drastic changes made and being a beginner in this matter, things get very confusing. I just need to know how to configure the ARM processor in Cyclone V as this issue has been affecting my project dearly. Else I just want to know if there is any other way to justify a 32-bit output of a VHDL program in Cyclone V using Quartus.

Do let me know.

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely

Jerry Jacob

Hi jjac705,

There were some changes on the software build handling from older to newer Quartus version. I recommend to use the newer Quartus build process in order to get a better support.

By the way I do not understand the last part of your question "to justify a 32-bit output of a VHDL program in Cyclone V using Quartus." Can elaborate more if possible.

Thanks.

Regards,

Aik Eu

Hi Aik Eu,

Actually I have some VHDL codes where my output was 32 bits. I have done the software simulation on ModelSim. I was suggested by one of my peer that HPS can be used to display the outputs for the same. Hence, I embarked on doing the same.

I attempted to use the same VHDL codes on Quartus using the Signaltap logic analyzer and it seems like the samples are not enough. It seems I need to turn back to HPS again.

Hope you understood my plight.

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely

Jerry Jacob

Hi jjac705,

Do you still having issue with the building bootloader steps?

I have tried the steps before, do let me know if there is any problem.

Thanks.

Regards,

Aik Eu

Hi Aikeu,

I am not getting the flow of these steps. Since I am very new to this, I am confused on what should I do. I may require intense help.

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely

Jerry Jacob

Hi jjac705,

Which steps that you fail to perform the bulid? Firstly you will need to decide where you system booting up from(etc, sd-card or qspi ..). Can show me the steps where you fail to build then I will look into it.

There are pre-built images that you can find in the link below for working comparison just in case you have problem with your build. You can compare with the working ghrd if your system does not boot up properly.

https://releases.rocketboards.org/ghrd_release/

Thanks.

Regards,

Aik Eu

Hi Aikeu,

I was attempting to do this link https://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/HWLib?elq_cid=7076518_ts1675282356531&erpm_id=10201171_ts1675282356531#Setup_HWLibs in Quartus 20.1 Prime Standard Edition.

I was able to successfully compile Linaro on MSYS. However, when I attempt to run the Uboot, I am a bit puzzled when they say run the Serial terminal and do these.

I checked this link too https://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/CycloneVSoCGSRD#Release_Contents and I attempted to write the SD card too and my PUTTY shows something like this

I am using an SoCkit for Quartus Prime 20.1 Standard edition. I an unsure about the way forward.

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely

Jerry Jacob

Hi jjac705,

Firstly, you will require to have a linux environment to build your project which runs with linux cmd.

After you have downloaded the project from here https://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/CycloneVSoCGSRD#Release_Contents then only you will have the cv_soc_devkit_ghrd.tar.gz

Then only you run the below linux cmds to make a new directory(cv_soc_devkit_ghrd) then extract the files from cv_soc_devkit_ghrd.tar.gz

mkdir cv_soc_devkit_ghrd

tar -xzvf cv_soc_devkit_ghrd.tar.gz -C cv_soc_devkit_ghrd/

In your linux environment, you must have soc eds installed.

https://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/SoCEDS#Install_SoC_EDS

Then only you can run the embedded_cmd_shell.sh from the specific directory after the installation of SoC_EDS.

As for the pre-build sd-card image, follow Creating SD Card on Windows

https://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/CycloneVSoCGSRD#Release_Content

rename the prebuilt sd-card image to sdimage.img then only follow the steps to write into your sd card.

Your hardware system will perform sd-card boot up with your board switches settings as below:

• SW1: All OFF
• SW2: All OFF
• SW3: ON-OFF-ON-OFF-ON-ON
• SW4: OFF-OFF-ON-ON

you will get boot up logs when your system boot up without issue.

Thanks.

Regards,

Aik Eu

Hi jjac705,

Do you having any built issues to follow up from previously?

Thanks.

Regards,

Aik Eu

Hi jjac705,

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Thanks.

Regards,

Aik Eu