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Getting Started EPXA1 Development Kit Getting Started User Guide
Configure the
Stripe
The example design has been pre-built. To become familiar with the
process, or to modify it for your own designs, perform the following steps
to configure the stripe:
1. Run the Quartus II software.
2. Choose Open Project (File menu) and select the hello.quartus
project file from either the ads or gnu directory, depending on the
compiler you are using.
3. Choose Open (File menu) and select arm_top.bdf to open the block
diagram of the top-level design.
4. Double-click on the stripe module to invoke the MegaWizard
®
Plug-
In.
5. Specify the following settings and click Next:
– Excalibur family: Excalibur_ARM
– Available device: EPXA1
– Byte order: Little endian
– UART (under Reserve pins): turn on
– SDRAM (under Reserve pins): turn on
1 The EPXA1 UART I/O pins are enabled, because the design
sends a message to a terminal window through this
peripheral. The SDRAM I/O pins are enabled, because the
software portion of the design will be stored in SDRAM.
–Under Reset Operation, make the following settings:
- To boot from flash memory, turn on Do you want to Boot
from flash?
- Turn off Do you want the processor to be held in reset after
configuration?
6. Specify the following settings and click Next:
–Turn on Do you want to use the STRIPE-TO-PLD bridge
(Master Port)?
1 The stripe-to-PLD bridge signals are enabled to allow the
processor to access the slave peripheral in the PLD.
–Under Interrupts: turn off both options
–Under Trace/Debug: turn off both options
7. Specify the following settings and click Next: