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Design Name always "TE Series Name" + Design name, for example "TEI0006 Test Board"

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2022-04-212.1
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2022-02-282.0
  • add yocto to
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    • Overview → Requirements
    • Design Flow
    • Launch
  • add section 'Software Design - Yocto'
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Notes :

NIOS II Design with SDRAM controller, flash memory test and different LED sequences.

Refer to http://trenz.org/max1000-info for the current online version of this manual and other available documentation.

Key Features

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Excerpt
  • Quartus Prime Lite 21.1
  • NIOS II
  • SPI
  • UART
  • User Flash memory
  • SDRAM memory
  • 3-axis Accelerometer
  • User LEDs
  • User buttons

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2022-04-2121.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_21.1.0-20220421150137.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_21.1.0-20220421150228.zip

Thomas Dück
  • update to Quartus Prime Lite 21.1
2021-07-0920.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_20.1.1-20210709113727.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_20.1.1-20210709113644.zip

Thomas Dück
  • update to Quartus Prime Lite 20.1
  • TE scripts update
2020-10-1919.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_19.1.0-20201019101714.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_19.1.0-20201019101651.zip

Thomas Dück
  • bugfixes
2020-07-0719.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_19.1.0-20200707153033.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_19.1.0-20200707153205.zip

Thomas Dück
  • bugfixes
  • script update
2020-05-1219.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_19.1.0-20200512095852.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_19.1.0-20200512100037.zip

Thomas Dück
  • 19.1 update
2019-11-1118.1

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_18.1-20191111104201.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_18.1-20191111104348.zip

Thomas Dück
  • add bash files for Linux OS
2019-10-2818.1

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_18.1-20191028120819.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_18.1-20191028120521.zip

Thomas Dück
  • create project with TE scripts
  • new assembly variants
2019-04-0218.1TEI0001-03-08-C8-test_board-quartus_18.1-20190402.zipThomas Dück
  • initial release


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Requirements

Software

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  • list of software which was used to generate the design


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NIOS II SBT for eclipse---optional


Hardware

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  • list of hardware which was used to generate the design
  • mark the module and carrier board, which was used tested with an *
Complete List is available on <project folder>/board_files/*_devices.csv

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Module ModelBoard Part Short NamePCB Revision SupportDDRQSPI FlashOthersNotes
TEI0001-03-08-C8*08_C8_8MBREV02, REV038MByte64MBitNANA
TEI0001-03-16-C816_C8_8MBREV02, REV038MByte64MBitNA

NA

TEI0001-03-16-C8A16_C8A_32MBREV0332MByte64MBitNANA

*used as reference

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Additional HW Requirements:

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USB cable for JTAG/UARTCheck Carrier Board and Programmer for correct type

*used as reference

Content

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For general structure and of the reference design, see Project Delivery - Intel devices

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<project folder>/source_files/quartus

<project folder>/source_files/<Board Part Short Name>/quartus

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Source files for specific assembly variants

Software

<project folder>/source_files/software

<project folder>/source_files/<Board Part Short Name>/software

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Source files for specific assembly variants


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      File-Extension

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      SOPC Information File*.sopcinfoFile with description of the .qsys file to create software for the target hardware
      SRAM Object File*.sofRam configuration file
      Programmer Object File*.pofFPGA configuration file
      JTAG Indirect Configuration file*.jicFlash configuration file
      Raw binary file*.rbfFPGA configuration file
      Diverse Reports---Report files in different formats
      Software-Application-File*.elfSoftware application for NIOS II processor system




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Programmer Object File*.pofFPGA configuration file
Diverse Reports---Report files in different formats
Software Application File*.elfSoftware application for NIOS II processor system


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  • Add/ Remove project specific description


Note

Reference Design is available with and without prebuilt files. It's recommended to use TE prebuilt files for first launch.

Trenz Electronic provides a tcl based built environment based on Quartus Design Flow.

See also:


The Trenz Electronic FPGA Reference Designs are TCL-script based projects. To create a project, open a project or program a device execute "create_project_win.cmd" on Windows OS and "create_project_linux.sh" on Linux OS.

TE Scripts are only needed to generate the quartus project, all other additional steps are optional and can also executed by Intel Quartus/SDK GUI. For currently Scripts limitations on Win and Linux OS see: Project Delivery - Intel devices → Currently limitations of functionality

  1. Open create_project_win.cmd/create_project_linux.sh:
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  2. Select Board in "Board selection"
  3. Click on "Create project" button to create project
    1. (optional for manual changes) Select correct quartus installation path in "<project folder>/settings/design_basic_settings.tcl"

Launch

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  • Programming and Startup procedure

Programming

Note

Check Module and Carrier TRMs for proper HW configuration before you try any design.

MAX10 Flash

  1. Connect the Module to USB-Port
  2. Open create_project_win.cmd/create_project_linux.sh
  3. Select correct board in "Board selection"
  4. Click on "Program device" button
    1. if prebuilt files are available: select "Program prebuilt file"
    2. using own generated programming file: select "Program other file" and click on "Browse ..." to open own generated programming file
    3. (optional) click on "Open programmer GUI" to program device with Quartus programmer GUI
  5. Click on "Start program device" button

JTAG

Not used on this example.

Usage

  1. Prepare Hardware like described on section Programming
  2. Connect UART USB (most cases same as JTAG)

UART

  1. Open Serial Console (e.g. PuTTY)
    1. select COM Port

      Info

      Win OS: see device manager

      Linux OS: see  dmesg | grep tty  (UART is *USB1)


    2. Speed: 115200
  2. Press reset button
  3. Console output depends on used Software project, see Software Design - SDK#Application

System Design - Quartus

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  • Description of Block Design - Project, Block Design - Platform Desginer, ... Block Design Pictures from Export...

Block Design

The block designs may differ depending on the assembly variant.

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Software Design - SDK

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  • sections for different apps

Application

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General Example:

hello_tei0006

Hello TEI0006 is a Quartus Hello World example as endless loop instead of one console output.


Used software project depends on board assembly variant. Template location: <project folder>/source_files/software/

test_board

Software example to test TEI0001 module.

  • You can toggle between following modes by pressing user button
    1. Spirit level
    2. Winbond SPI flash memory test
    3. Shift register sequence
    4. Knightrider sequence
    5. Case statement sequence


Appx. A: Change History and Legal Notices

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  • update to Quartus Prime Lite 21.1
2021-07-09v.14Thomas Dück
  • update to Quartus Prime Lite 20.1
  • document style update
  • script update
2020-10-09v.12Thomas Dück
  • bugfixes
  • script update
2020-05-13v.10Thomas Dück
  • 19.1 release
2019-11-11v.8Thomas Dück
  • add bash files for Linux OS
2019-10-29v.6Thomas Dück
  • change design to TE scripts
  • new variants
2019-04-03v.4Thomas Dück
  • Initial release 18.1
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  • update 19.x to 20.x
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2020-11-241.1
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JH
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Overview

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Refer to http://trenz.org/max1000-info for the current online version of this manual and other available documentation.

Key Features

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Excerpt
  • Quartus Prime Lite 20.1
  • NIOS II
  • SPI
  • UART
  • User Flash memory
  • SDRAM memory
  • 3-axis Accelerometer
  • User LEDs
  • User buttons

Revision History

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2021-07-0920.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_20.1.1-20210709113727.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_20.1.1-20210709113644.zip

Thomas Dück
  • update to Quartus Prime Lite 20.1
  • TE scripts update
2020-10-1919.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_19.1.0-20201019101714.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_19.1.0-20201019101651.zip

Thomas Dück
  • bugfixes
2020-07-0719.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_19.1.0-20200707153033.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_19.1.0-20200707153205.zip

Thomas Dück
  • bugfixes
  • script update
2020-05-1219.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_19.1.0-20200512095852.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_19.1.0-20200512100037.zip

Thomas Dück
  • 19.1 update
2019-11-1118.1

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_18.1-20191111104201.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_18.1-20191111104348.zip

Thomas Dück
  • add bash files for Linux OS
2019-10-2818.1

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_18.1-20191028120819.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_18.1-20191028120521.zip

Thomas Dück
  • create project with TE scripts
  • new assembly variants
2019-04-0218.1TEI0001-03-08-C8-test_board-quartus_18.1-20190402.zipThomas Dück
  • initial release


Release Notes and Know Issues

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Requirements

Software

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NIOS II SBT for eclipse---optional


Hardware

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  • list of hardware which was used to generate the design
  • mark the module and carrier board, which was used tested with an *
Complete List is available on <project folder>/board_files/*_devices.csv

Design supports following modules:

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Module ModelBoard Part Short NamePCB Revision SupportDDRQSPI FlashOthersNotes
TEI0001-03-08-C8*08_C8_8MBREV02, REV038MByte64MBitNANA
TEI0001-03-16-C816_C8_8MBREV02, REV038MByte64MBitNA

NA

TEI0001-03-16-C8A16_C8A_32MBREV0332MByte64MBitNANA
TEI0001-03-16-C8P16_C8P_8MBREV038MByte64MBitNANA

*used as reference

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Content

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For general structure and of the reference design, see Project Delivery - Intel devices

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<project folder>/source_files/<Board Part Short Name>/quartus

Quartus project will be generated by TE Scripts

optional, source files for specific assembly variants

Software

<project folder>/source_files/software

<project folder>/source_files/<Board Part Short Name>/software

Additional software will be generated by TE Scripts

optional, source files for specific assembly variants


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      SOPC Information File*.sopcinfoFile with description of the .qsys file to create software for the target hardware
      SRAM Object File*.sofRam configuration file
      Programmer Object File*.pofFPGA configuration file
      JTAG indirect configuration file*.jicFlash configuration file
      Diverse Reports---Report files in different formats
      Software-Application-File*.elfSoftware application for NIOS II processor system




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Programmer Object File*.pofFPGA configuration file
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Software Application File*.elfSoftware application for NIOS II processor system


Download

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  • Add/ Remove project specific description


Note

Reference Design is available with and without prebuilt files. It's recommended to use TE prebuilt files for first launch.

Trenz Electronic provides a tcl based built environment based on Quartus Design Flow.

See also:


The Trenz Electronic FPGA Reference Designs are TCL-script based projects. To create a project, open a project or program a device execute "create_project_win.cmd" on Windows OS and "create_project_linux.sh" on Linux OS.

TE Scripts are only needed to generate the quartus project, all other additional steps are optional and can also executed by Intel Quartus/SDK GUI. For currently Scripts limitations on Win and Linux OS see: Project Delivery - Intel devices → Currently limitations of functionality

  1. Open create_project_win.cmd/create_project_linux.sh:
    'Create Project' GUI example
  2. Select Board in "Board selection"
  3. Click on "Create project" button to create project
    1. (optional for manual changes) Select correct quartus installation path in "<project folder>/settings/design_basic_settings.tcl"

Launch

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Programming

Note

Check Module and Carrier TRMs for proper HW configuration before you try any design.

MAX10 Flash

  1. Connect the Module to USB-Port
  2. Open create_project_win.cmd/create_project_linux.sh
  3. Select correct board in "Board selection"
  4. Click on "Program device" button
    1. if prebuilt files are available: select "Program prebuilt file"
    2. using own generated programming file: select "Program other file" and click on "Browse ..." to open own generated programming file
    3. (optional) click on "Open programmer GUI" to program device with Quartus programmer GUI
  5. Click on "Start program device" button

JTAG

Not used on this example.

Usage

  1. Prepare Hardware like described on section TEI0001 Test Board#Programming Programming
  2. Connect UART USB (most cases same as JTAG)

UART

  1. Open Serial Console (e.g. PuTTY)
    1. COM Port: Win OS see device manager, Linux OS see  dmesg | grep tty  (UART is *USB1)
    2. Speed: 115200
  2. Press reset button
  3. Console output depends on used Software project, see Software Design - SDK#Application

System Design - Quartus

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Block Design

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General Example:

hello_tei0006

Hello TEI0006 is a Quartus Hello World example as endless loop instead of one console output.


Used software project depends on board assembly variant. Template location: <project folder>/source_files/software/

test_board

Software example to test TEI0001 module.

  • You can toggle between following modes by pressing user button
    1. Spirit level
    2. Winbond SPI flash memory test
    3. Shift register sequence
    4. Knightrider sequence
    5. Case statement sequence


Appx. A: Change History and Legal Notices

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  • document style update
  • script update
2020-10-09v.12Thomas Dück
  • bugfixes
  • script update
2020-05-13v.10Thomas Dück
  • 19.1 release
2019-11-11v.8Thomas Dück
  • add bash files for Linux OS
2019-10-29v.6Thomas Dück
  • change design to TE scripts
  • new variants
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