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 Running the 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 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

4.5.2.2. SDM Bootloader Example Design

You can generate the SDM Bootloader Example Design from the IP Catalog. The example design is based on the Intel Stratix 10 SX SoC L-Tile development kit. Using the provided scripts, the hardware and software design are generated, and programmed respectively as SRAM Object Files (.sof) and JTAG Indirect Configuration Files (.jic) into the device.

For more information about booting the Nios V processor-based system from SDM based FPGA devices, refer to Nios V Processor Application Copied from Configuration QSPI Flash to RAM Using Boot Copier (SDM Bootloader)

To generate the SDM Bootloader Example Design using Platform Designer,

  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: Saving the IP is not required.
  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 69. IP Parameter Editor for Nios® V/m Processor Intel® FPGA IP
  6. Click Example Design: “SDM Bootloader Example Design and select your project folder.
  7. Close the IP Parameter Editor. When prompted with Save changes?, you do not need to save the IP. Click Don’t Save.
  8. Unzip the example design to your project folder. Refer to table below for the example design files and the description.
    To generate the SDM Bootloader Example Design using CLI, 
    <Intel Quartus Prime installation directory>/niosv/bin/niosv-shell
    Note: Disregard this command if you are already using Nios V command Shell. 
    ip-deploy --component-name=intel_niosv_m --output-name=niosv_m.ip
    qsys-generate niosv_m.ip \
    --example_design=niosv_m.sdm_bootloader_example_design
    unzip s10soc_niosv_m_sdm_bootloader_example_design.zip
Table 18.  File Description (SDM Bootloader Example Design)
File Description
software/mailbox_bootloader/app Folder containing source code for SDM bootloader.
software/user_application/app Folder containing source code for user application.
create_design.py Python script to build the example design and program the device.
flash_settings.pfg Provide information to generate the JIC file using Programming File Generator tool.
mailbox_bootloader_bsp_script.tcl TCL script to configure the BSP Editor for SDM bootloader.
qsys_system_script.tcl TCL script to generate the example design .qsys file.
readme.txt Description and steps to build the example design.
toggle_issp.tcl TCL script to reset the design via In-System Sources and Probes (ISSP).
top.sdc Example design Synopsys* Design Constraints (.sdc) file.
top.tcl TCL script to generate the example design .qpf file and .qsf file.
top.v Top-level Verilog design.
user_application_bsp_script.tcl TCL script to configure the BSP Editor for user application.

Running the SDM Bootloader Example Design

  1. Launch the Nios V Command Shell.
  2. Run create_design.py to build the example design and program the Intel Stratix 10 SX SoC L-Tile development kit.

    quartus_py create_design.py

  3. Reset the Nios V processor.

    quartus_stp -t toggle_issp.tcl

  4. Run JUART terminal to view the outputs.

    juart-terminal

    Figure 70. SDM Bootloader Example Design
Figure 71. JUART Terminal Output
  1. In the beginning, the window displays the following message

  2. Reaching the end, the window displays the following message:

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