User guide

30 Altera Corporation
EPXA1 Development Kit Getting Started User Guide Getting Started
To set up AXD and run the application software, perform the following
steps.
1. Start AXD by selecting Start > Programs > ARM Developer Suite >
AXD Debugger (Start menu).
2. Click on Load Debug Symbols (File menu) in the AXD debugger
window and browse to ads\debug\hello.elf. Click Open.
1 Alternatively, click on Launch Debugger (Processing
menu) in the Quartus II software window to perform steps
1 and 2 above automatically.
3. Select Configure Ta r g et (Options menu) in the AXD debugger
window.
4. If Altera-RDI is listed as a target, click it to highlight it, then click OK
to connect to the embedded processor. If Altera-RDI is not listed as a
target, you must add it, by performing the following steps:
a. Click Add in the Choose Target window.
b. Browse to the directory in which the Quartus II software is
installed.
c. Navigate to the <Quartus Installation Directory>\bin directory.
d. Select Altera-RDI.dll. Click Open.
e. Click on Altera-RDI in the Choose Target window; click OK to
connect to the embedded processor.
5. Choose Step (Execute menu) in the AXD debugger window to
execute the first assembly instruction.
6. Click on Go (Execute menu) in the AXD debugger window to run
the application software continuously until it hits the breakpoint
automatically set at function main().
7. Click on Registers (Processor Views menu) to display the processor
registers.
1 Right-click on an instruction’s line number and choose
Toggle Breakpoint to set or clear a breakpoint.
8. Click on Memory (Processor Views menu) and type an address to
display the memory contents.