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mosagepa
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3 years ago

Wrong link for SOC Computer System v13.1 (ARM version of PDF)

Hello.

I point out that, this link within the University Program contents is wrong,

https://ftp.intel.com/Public/Pub/fpgaup/pub/Intel_Material/13.1/Computer_Systems/DE1-SoC/DE1-SoC_Computer_ARM.pdf

since it downloads the DE1-SOC PDF for the Nios-II version of the Computer System information and description, and not the HPS ARM-based description PDF as the name in the link would imply.

Does anyone have the "right" PDF ? (for v13.1, for all other versions the corresponding links seem all to be allright.)

Also, does anybody know where within the Intel or Intel FPGA website can one point the missing or wrong link cases for their Webmaster / staff to fix?

Thanks in advance

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  • mosagepa's avatar
    mosagepa
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    Hello.

    After a bit of browsing thru the FTP server with the UP materials, I've found out that, within the 14.1 subfolder, strangely enough, there is indeed a copy of the (alas) v13.1 PDF with "instructions/ description" for the ARM 9 stuff (versus Nios-II) of the Computer System, the PDF can be downloaded here:

    https://ftp.intel.com/Public/pub/fpgaup/pub/Intel_Material/14.1/Computer_Systems/DE1-SoC/DE1-SoC_Computer_ARM.pdf

    and the corresponding FTP link e.g. for those using FileZilla or other direct clients would be:

    ftp://ftp.intel.com/pub/fpgaup/pub/Intel_Material/14.1/Computer_Systems/DE1-SoC/DE1-SoC_Computer_ARM.pdf

    I know they sometimes mix up versions within documentation when there have been no changes between the older version and a newer one, but in any case, Intel/ Altera staff should take more care with their website references to avoid us customers becoming crazy and spending our little time into these quirks rather than into our design work.

    I know I am not alone in this, since I see a good bunch of posts dealing with broken/ wrong links all around.

    Any gentleman/ lady from Intel Support / Doc staff can be nice to give us some reply/ insight? Are you fixing this? (since in his particular case, EVEN the UP Computer Systems installer/s for v13.1 does NOT populate the aforementioned PDF document.)

    Regards

    • hareesh's avatar
      hareesh
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      hi

      if you don't have any quires, I'll close the case.

      thanks & regards,

      Hareesh.

  • hareesh's avatar
    hareesh
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    Hi mosagepa,

    There was an upgrade to the web portal few months back. Some of the content maybe missing due to that. I'll inform to team.


    thanks & regards,

    Hareesh.