Nios® V Embedded Processor Design Handbook

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the Nios® V Embedded Processor 2. Nios® V Processor Hardware System Design with Intel® Quartus® Prime Software and Platform Designer 3. Nios® V Processor Software System Design 4. Nios® V Processor Configuration and Booting Solutions 5. Nios® V Processor - Using the MicroC/TCP-IP Stack 6. Nios® V Processor Debugging, Verifying, and Simulating 7. Nios® V Processor — Remote System Update 8. Nios® V Embedded Processor Design Handbook Archives 9. Document Revision History for the Nios® V Embedded Processor Design Handbook
1. About the Nios® V Embedded Processor x
1.1. Intel® FPGA and Embedded Processors Overview 1.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Software Support 1.3. Embedded System Design 1.4. Nios® V Processor Quick Start Guide
1.4. Nios® V Processor Quick Start Guide x
1.4.1. System Requirements 1.4.2. Nios® V/m Processor Example Design 1.4.3. Software Design Flow 1.4.4. Programming Nios® V/m into the FPGA Device
1.4.1. System Requirements x
1.4.1.1. Hardware and Software Requirements
1.4.2. Nios® V/m Processor Example Design x
1.4.2.1. Generating the Example Design Through Graphical User Interface 1.4.2.2. Generating the Nios® V/m Processor Example Design Using the Command-Line Interface
1.4.2.1. Generating the Example Design Through Graphical User Interface x
1.4.2.1.1. Generating the Nios® V/m Processor Example Design in Platform Designer 1.4.2.1.2. Generating the Nios® V/m Processor Example Design System in Platform Designer
1.4.3. Software Design Flow x
1.4.3.1. Generating the Board Support Package 1.4.3.2. Generating the Application Project File 1.4.3.3. Building the Application Project
1.4.3.1. Generating the Board Support Package x
1.4.3.1.1. Generating the Board Support Package using the BSP Editor GUI 1.4.3.1.2. Generating the Board Support Package using the Command-Line Interface
2. Nios® V Processor Hardware System Design with Intel® Quartus® Prime Software and Platform Designer x
2.1. Creating Nios® V Processor System Design with Platform Designer 2.2. Integrating Platform Designer System into the Intel® Quartus® Prime Project 2.3. Designing a Nios® V Processor Memory System 2.4. Clocks and Resets Best Practices 2.5. Assigning a Default Agent
2.1. Creating Nios® V Processor System Design with Platform Designer x
2.1.1. Instantiating Nios® V/m Processor IP Core 2.1.2. Defining System Component Design 2.1.3. Specifying Base Addresses and Interrupt Request Priorities
2.1.1. Instantiating Nios® V/m Processor IP Core x
2.1.1.1. Configure Nios® V Processor Parameters 2.1.1.2. Generate Nios® V processor example design from Platform Designer
2.1.1.1. Configure Nios® V Processor Parameters x
2.1.1.1.1. Debug Tab 2.1.1.1.2. Use Reset Request Tab 2.1.1.1.3. Vectors Tab
2.2. Integrating Platform Designer System into the Intel® Quartus® Prime Project x
2.2.1. Instantiating the Nios® V Processor System Module in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Project 2.2.2. Connecting Signals and Assigning Physical Pin Locations 2.2.3. Constraining the Intel FPGA Design
2.3. Designing a Nios® V Processor Memory System x
2.3.1. Volatile Memory 2.3.2. Non-Volatile Memory 2.3.3. On-Chip Memory Configuration – RAM or ROM
2.4. Clocks and Resets Best Practices x
2.4.1. Reset Request Interface
2.4.1. Reset Request Interface x
2.4.1.1. Typical Use Cases
3. Nios® V Processor Software System Design x
3.1. Nios V Processor Software Development Flow 3.2. Intel FPGA Embedded Development Tools
3.1. Nios V Processor Software Development Flow x
3.1.1. Board Support Package Project 3.1.2. Application Project
3.2. Intel FPGA Embedded Development Tools x
3.2.1. Nios V Board Support Package Editor 3.2.2. RiscFree* IDE for Intel FPGAs 3.2.3. Eclipse CDT for Embedded C/C++ Developer 3.2.4. Nios V Utilities Tools 3.2.5. File Format Conversion Tools 3.2.6. Other Utilities Tools
4. Nios® V Processor Configuration and Booting Solutions x
4.1. Introduction 4.2. Linking Applications 4.3. Nios® V Processor Booting Methods 4.4. Introduction to Nios® V Processor Booting Methods 4.5. Nios® V Processor Booting from Configuration QSPI Flash 4.6. Nios V Processor Booting from On-Chip Memory (OCRAM) 4.7. Summary of Nios® V Processor Vector Configuration and BSP Settings
4.2. Linking Applications x
4.2.1. Linking Behaviour
4.2.1. Linking Behaviour x
4.2.1.1. Default BSP Linking 4.2.1.2. Configurable BSP Linking
4.4. Introduction to Nios® V Processor Booting Methods x
4.4.1. Nios® V Processor Application Execute-In-Place from Boot Flash 4.4.2. Nios® V Processor Application Copied from Boot Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier 4.4.3. Nios® V Processor Application Execute-In-Place from OCRAM
4.4.1. Nios® V Processor Application Execute-In-Place from Boot Flash x
4.4.1.1. alt_load()
4.4.2. Nios® V Processor Application Copied from Boot Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier x
4.4.2.1. GSFI Bootloader 4.4.2.2. SDM Bootloader
4.5. Nios® V Processor Booting from Configuration QSPI Flash x
4.5.1. Nios V Processor Design, Configuration and Boot Flow (Control Block-based Device) 4.5.2. Nios V Processor Design, Configuration and Boot Flow (SDM-based Devices)
4.5.1. Nios V Processor Design, Configuration and Boot Flow (Control Block-based Device) x
4.5.1.1. Nios® V Processor Application Executes-In-Place from Configuration QSPI Flash 4.5.1.2. Nios® V Processor Application Copied from Configuration QSPI Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier (GSFI Bootloader) 4.5.1.3. GSFI Bootloader Example Design
4.5.1.1. Nios® V Processor Application Executes-In-Place from Configuration QSPI Flash x
4.5.1.1.1. Hardware Design Flow 4.5.1.1.2. Software Design Flow 4.5.1.1.3. Programming Files Generation 4.5.1.1.4. QSPI Flash Programming
4.5.1.2. Nios® V Processor Application Copied from Configuration QSPI Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier (GSFI Bootloader) x
4.5.1.2.1. Hardware Design Flow 4.5.1.2.2. Software Design Flow 4.5.1.2.3. Programming Files Generation 4.5.1.2.4. QSPI Flash Programming
4.5.2. Nios V Processor Design, Configuration and Boot Flow (SDM-based Devices) x
4.5.2.1. Nios V Processor Application Copied from Configuration QSPI Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier (SDM Bootloader) 4.5.2.2. SDM Bootloader Example Design
4.5.2.1. Nios V Processor Application Copied from Configuration QSPI Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier (SDM Bootloader) x
4.5.2.1.1. Hardware Design Flow 4.5.2.1.2. Software Design Flow 4.5.2.1.3. Software Design Flow (SDM Bootloader Project) 4.5.2.1.4. Software Design Flow (User Application Project) 4.5.2.1.5. Programming Files Generation 4.5.2.1.6. QSPI Flash Programming SDM
4.6. Nios V Processor Booting from On-Chip Memory (OCRAM) x
4.6.1. Nios V Processor Application Executes in-place from OCRAM
4.6.1. Nios V Processor Application Executes in-place from OCRAM x
4.6.1.1. Hardware Design Flow 4.6.1.2. Software Design Flow 4.6.1.3. Programming
5. Nios® V Processor - Using the MicroC/TCP-IP Stack x
5.1. Introduction 5.2. Software Architecture 5.3. Support and Licensing 5.4. MicroC/TCP-IP Example Designs 5.5. Development Flow 5.6. Operating the Example Designs 5.7. Optional Configuration 5.8. MicroC/TCP-IP Simple Socket Server Concepts
5.4. MicroC/TCP-IP Example Designs x
5.4.1. Hardware and Software Requirements 5.4.2. Overview 5.4.3. Acquiring the Example Design Files Generating the µC/TCP-IP Example Designs Running the µC/TCP-IP Example Designs 5.4.4. Hardware Design Files 5.4.5. Software Design Files
5.4.5. Software Design Files x
5.4.5.1. MicroC/TCP-IP IPerf Example Design 5.4.5.2. MicroC/TCP-IP Simple Socket Server Example Design
5.5. Development Flow x
5.5.1. Hardware Development Flow 5.5.2. Software Development Flow 5.5.3. Device Programming
5.5.2. Software Development Flow x
5.5.2.1. Creating a BSP project 5.5.2.2. Configuring the BSP 5.5.2.3. Creating an Application Project 5.5.2.4. Building the Application Project 5.5.2.5. HEX File Generation
5.6. Operating the Example Designs x
5.6.1. Operating the MicroC/TCP-IP IPerf 5.6.2. Operating the MicroC/TCP-IP Simple Socket Server
5.7. Optional Configuration x
5.7.1. Configuring Hardware Name 5.7.2. Configuring MAC and IP Addresses 5.7.3. Configuring MicroC/TCP-IP Initialization 5.7.4. Configuring iPerf Server Auto-Initialization
5.7.3. Configuring MicroC/TCP-IP Initialization x
5.7.3.1. Network Task Configuration 5.7.3.2. Network Interface Configuration
5.8. MicroC/TCP-IP Simple Socket Server Concepts x
5.8.1. MicroC/OS-II Resources 5.8.2. Error Handling 5.8.3. MicroC/TCP-IP Stack Default Configuration
6. Nios® V Processor Debugging, Verifying, and Simulating x
6.1. Debugging Nios® V Processor Software Designs 6.2. Debugging Tools 6.3. Additional Embedded Design Considerations 6.4. Simulating Nios® V Processor Designs
6.1. Debugging Nios® V Processor Software Designs x
6.1.1. OpenOCD and Eclipse Embedded CDT 6.1.2. Objdump File 6.1.3. Show Make Commands
6.3. Additional Embedded Design Considerations x
6.3.1. JTAG Signal Integrity 6.3.2. Additional Memory Space for System Prototyping
6.4. Simulating Nios® V Processor Designs x
6.4.1. Prerequisites 6.4.2. Setting Up and Generating Your Simulation Environment in Platform Designer 6.4.3. Creating Nios V Processor Software 6.4.4. Generating Memory Initialization File 6.4.5. Generating System Simulation Files 6.4.6. Running Simulation in the QuestaSim Simulator Using Command Line
6.4.2. Setting Up and Generating Your Simulation Environment in Platform Designer x
6.4.2.1. Using IP and Platform Designer Simulation Setup Scripts
6.4.3. Creating Nios V Processor Software x
6.4.3.1. Generating the Board Support Package 6.4.3.2. Generating the Application Project File 6.4.3.3. Building the Application Project
7. Nios® V Processor — Remote System Update x
7.1. Overview 7.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software and Tool Support
7.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software and Tool Support x
7.2.1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software 7.2.2. Programming File Generator
7.2.1. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software x
7.2.1.1. Setting Max Retry Parameter 7.2.1.2. Selecting Factory Load Pin
7.2.2. Programming File Generator x
7.2.2.1. Programming File Generator File Types 7.2.2.2. Bitswap Option 7.2.2.3. Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer 7.2.2.4. Supported QSPI Flash Devices
1. About the Nios® V Embedded Processor
2. Nios® V Processor Hardware System Design with Intel® Quartus® Prime Software and Platform Designer
3. Nios® V Processor Software System Design
4. Nios® V Processor Configuration and Booting Solutions
5. Nios® V Processor - Using the MicroC/TCP-IP Stack
6. Nios® V Processor Debugging, Verifying, and Simulating
7. Nios® V Processor — Remote System Update
8. Nios® V Embedded Processor Design Handbook Archives
9. Document Revision History for the Nios® V Embedded Processor Design Handbook

5.4.3. Acquiring the Example Design Files

Generating the µC/TCP-IP Example Designs

To generate the µC/TCP-IP Example Designs using Platform Designer, perform the following steps:

  1. In the Intel® Quartus® Prime software, go to Tools > Platform Designer.
  2. In the Platform Designer, select IP Variant.
  3. For Quartus project, select None.
  4. In the IP Variant dialog box, specify any name for your IP.
    Note: You do not need to save the IP later.
  5. Click Select in the Component type.
    1. The IP Catalog opens.
    2. Search for Nios V/m Processor Intel FPGA IP.
    3. Create the IP design.
    Figure 83. IP Parameter Editor for Nios® V/m Processor Intel FPGA IP
  6. Click one of the available example designs and select your project folder. In this chapter, the associated example designs are:
    1. Example Design: “µC/TCP-IP IPerf Example Design"
    2. Example Design: “µC/TCP-IP Simple Socket Server Example Design"
  7. Close the IP Parameter Editor. When prompted with Save changes ?, click Don’t Save.
  8. Unzip the example design to your project folder. Refer to the following table for the example design files and the description.

To generate the Example Design using CLI, use the following command:

<Intel Quartus Prime installation directory>/niosv/bin/niosv-shell
ip-deploy --component-name=intel_niosv_m --output-name=niosv_m.ip
qsys-generate niosv_m.ip \
    --example_design=<niosv_m.uc_tcp_ip_iperf_example_design or 
    niosv_m.uc_tcp_ip_sss_example_design>
unzip <a10soc_iperf.zip or a10soc_sss.zip
Table 20.  Example Design Files Description
File Description
scripts Folder containing scripts to generate and build the example design.
sdc Folder containing the Synopsys Design Constraint (.sdc) files for the example design.
software Folder containing source code for the µC/TCP-IP application using Nios® V processor.
create_design.py Python script to build the example design.
README.md Description and steps to build the example design.
test_design.py Python script to program the .sof file, and run the system.
toggle_issp.tcl TCL script to reset the design via In-System Sources and Probes (ISSP).
top.v Top-level Verilog design.
update_sof.py Python script to update the example design after editing the software design files.

Running the µC/TCP-IP Example Designs

The µC/TCP-IP Example Designs are provided with scripts to facilitate the build flow. The scripts are stored in the scripts folder. You may refer to the readme file (README.md) to develop the example designs using the provided scripts, or develop the design manually using the Nios® V processor tools.

The steps are as followed:

  1. Launch the Nios V Command Shell.
  2. Run create_design.py to build the example design. 
    quartus_py create_design.py
  3. Run update_sof.py if any changes are made to the software design files. The script has some options. See README.md for more details.
    quartus_py update_sof.py
  4. Run test_design.py to program the .sof file into an Intel FPGA board and run the µC/TCP-IP example design.
    quartus_py test_design.py

For more information about the hardware and software development follow, refer to Hardware Development Flow and Software Development Flow.

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