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Getting Started EPXA1 Development Kit Getting Started User Guide

6. Click the Configuration tab and choose Boot from Flash from the

Configuration scheme drop-down list.

Refer to the Configuration Logic section of the Excalibur Devices Hard-

ware Reference Manual for more information on configuring the PLD.

7. Click the Unused Pins tab and select As inputs, tri-stated under

Reserve all unused pins.

This sets all the critical control lines for the interfaces on the EPXA1

board to be pulled to their inactive state.

8. Click OK twice.

9. Choose Start Compilation (Processing menu) to compile (i.e.

synthesize, place-and-route) the hardware design.

Compile the

Software

Application

This section describes how to specify the software build settings for the

Quartus II development tools to compile the software application. The

location of the software toolset needs to be specified before you can

compile your software application.

The example design has the software build settings already set. To become

familiar with the process, or to modify it for your own designs, follow the

procedure to set the various compiler, assembler, and linker options.

1 Before you perform a software build using GNUPro on UNIX

workstations (e.g., Linux, Solaris, or HP-UX), make three

additional variable settings. The variable settings for Solaris 2.5

are:

ALTERA_ARM9GP_HOST = H-sparc-sun-solaris2.5

ALTERA_ARM9GP_ROOT = /edatools/solaris/arm_gnupro

ALTERA_ARM9GP_VER = arm9-020528

The variable settings assume the path to the installed GNUPro

toolset is:

/edatools/solaris/arm_gnupro/arm9-020528/H-sparc-sun-

solaris2.5/bin

Specifying the Toolset Directory

The following steps specify the directory for the software toolset:

1. Choose Settings (Assignments menu).