Specifications

CHAPTER 16: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

GENERATING SOFTWARE OUTPUT FILES

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Quartus II software) and the stand-alone MegaWizard

Plug-In Manager to

generate passive programming files and flash programming files outside the

Quartus II software.

For more information on using the makeprogfile utility, type

makeprogfile -h r at a command prompt.

The Software Builder automatically creates simulator initialization files

every time you generate flash programming files with the Software Builder,

or passive programming files with the Compiler or Software Builder.

Simulator initialization files specify the initialization data for each address

in the memory regions in the Excalibur embedded processor stripe. Table 1

lists the simulator initialization files generated by the Software Builder.

Generating Flash Programming Files

A flash programming file is a Hexadecimal (Intel-Format) File (.hex) that

programs the flash memory from which an Excalibur device loads

configuration and memory initialization data. The following steps describe

the basic flow for creating a flash programming file with the Software

Builder:

1. Create the software source files and add them to the project.

Using the Stand-Alone MegaWizard Plug-In Manager

You can use the MegaWizard Plug-In Manager from outside the Quartus II

software by typing the following command at a command prompt:

qmegawiz

Table 1. Simulator Initialization Files

File Name File Contents

memory.regs Register initialization data

memory.sram0 SRAM0 initialization data

memory.sram1 SRAM1 initialization data

memory.dpram0 DPRAM0 initialization data

memory.dpram1 DPRAM1 initialization data