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Release Notes and Know Issues

Release Notes and Know Issues

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Download

Reference Design is only usable with the specified Quartus version. Do never use different versions of Quartus software for the same project.

Reference Design is available on:

• TEI0006 "Test Board" Reference Design

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Download

Reference Design is only usable with the specified Quartus version. Do never use different versions of Quartus software for the same project.

Reference Design is available on:

• TEI0006 "Test Board" Reference Design

Design Flow

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

See also:

• Project Delivery - Intel devices

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 "<design_name>/settings/design_basic_settings.tcl"

Launch

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

See also:

• Project Delivery - Intel devices

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Programming

QSPI

1. Connect JTAG and power on carrier with module
2. Open create_project_win.cmd

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1. /create_project_linux.sh

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2. Select correct board in "Board selection"
3. 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
4. Click on "Start program device" button

JTAG

Not used on this Example.

Usage

1. Prepare HW like described on section 94490007
2. Connect UART USB (most cases same as JTAG)
3. Connect your board to the network
4. Power on PCB

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: 11520
   3. Select "Implicit CR in every LF" in category "Terminal"
2. Press reset button
3. Simple Socket Server is starting up. Follow instructions on shell.
   
   1. If dhcp server is not available: open software project in sdk gui (e.g. NIOS II SBT for Eclipse) and change predefined IP address in "simple_socket_server.h", rebuild software project and download *.elf file to the device.
   2. Open command shell and enter "telnet <ip_address> 30" to connect to simple socket server
      

System Design - Quartus

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Software Design - SDK

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:
   Image Removed'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 "<design_name>/settings/design_basic_settings.tcl"

Launch

Programming

QSPI

1. Connect JTAG and power on carrier with module
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 HW like described on section Programming
2. Connect UART USB (most cases same as JTAG)
3. Connect your board to the network
4. Power on PCB

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: 11520
   3. Select "Implicit CR in every LF" in category "Terminal"
2. Press reset button
3. Simple Socket Server is starting up. Follow instructions on shell.
   
   1. If dhcp server is not available: open software project in sdk gui (e.g. NIOS II SBT for Eclipse) and change predefined IP address in "simple_socket_server.h", rebuild software project and download *.elf file to the device.
   2. Open command shell and enter "telnet <ip_address> 30" to connect to simple socket server
      

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Software Design - SDK

Application

Application

Template location: <design_name>/source_files/software/

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