AN 741: Remote System Upgrade for MAX 10 FPGA Devices over UART with the Nios II Processor

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1. Remote System Upgrade for MAX 10 FPGA Devices over UART with the Nios II Processor
1. Remote System Upgrade for MAX 10 FPGA Devices over UART with the Nios II Processor x
1.1. Remote System Upgrade with MAX 10 FPGA Overview 1.2. Abbreviations 1.3. Prerequisite 1.4. Requirements 1.5. Reference Design Files 1.6. Reference Design Functional Description 1.7. Reference Design Walkthrough 1.8. Document Revision History
1.6. Reference Design Functional Description x
1.6.1. Reference Design IP Core Components 1.6.2. The Nios II EDS Software Application Design
1.6.1. Reference Design IP Core Components x
1.6.1.1. Nios II Gen2 Processor 1.6.1.2. Altera On-Chip Flash IP Core 1.6.1.3. Altera Dual Configuration IP Core 1.6.1.4. Altera UART IP Core 1.6.1.5. Generic Quad SPI Controller IP Core
1.6.2. The Nios II EDS Software Application Design x
1.6.2.1. Updating Application Images Remotely 1.6.2.2. Triggering Reconfiguration Remotely
1.7. Reference Design Walkthrough x
1.7.1. Generating Programming Files 1.7.2. Programming the QSPI 1.7.3. Programming the FPGA with Initial Image using JTAG 1.7.4. Updating Image and Triggering Reconfiguration using UART
1.7.1. Generating Programming Files x
1.7.1.1. Generating files for QSPI Programming 1.7.1.2. Generating files for Remote System Upgrade
1.7.1.2. Generating files for Remote System Upgrade x
1.7.1.2.1. .pof Generation through Convert Programming Files
1. Remote System Upgrade for MAX 10 FPGA Devices over UART with the Nios II Processor

1.7.1.2. Generating files for Remote System Upgrade

To generate the .pof, .map and .rpd files for remote system upgrade, perform the following steps:

  1. Restore the Factory_image, application_image_1 and application_image_2, and compile all three designs.
  2. Generate two .pof files described in the following table:
    Note: Refer .pof Generation through Convert Programming Files for steps on generating .pof files.
    Generated .pof 2 .sof to be Included
    app1.pof
    • Factory_Image.sof
    • Application_Image_1.sof
    app2.pof
    • Factory_Image.sof
    • Application_Image_2.sof
    Note: You have to generate the .rpd and .map files when generating the .pof.
  3. Open the app2.rpd using any hex editor.
  4. In the hex editor, select the binary data block based on the start and end offset by referring to the .map file. The start and end offset for the 10M50 device is 0x12000 and 0xB9FFF respectively. Copy this block to a new file and save it in a different .rpd file. This new .rpd file contains application image 2 only.
    Figure 3. Example of .map fileThe start and end offsets shown are applicable for 10M50 devices.

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.pof Generation through Convert Programming Files

2 File name for the generated .pof is an example. You are free to rename the files differently.
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