Overview


Nios V/m design example with SDRAM controller (AXI4), flash memory, 3-axis Accelerometer 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

Revision History

DateQuartusProject BuiltAuthorsDescription
2024-02-0722.1 Lite

TEI0001-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_22.1std.2-20240207162519.zip

TEI0001-test_board-quartus_22.1std.2-20240207162631.zip

Thomas Dück
  • update to Quartus Prime Lite 22.1
  • new board variants
  • change to Nios V/m
  • TE scripts update
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
Design Revision History

Release Notes and Know Issues

IssuesDescriptionWorkaroundTo be fixed version
No known issues---------
Known Issues

Requirements

Software

SoftwareVersionNote
Quartus Prime Lite22.1stdNios V license is needed. For more information see: Intel Nios V Processors
RiscFree IDE for Intel FPGAs22.1stdneeded
Software

Hardware

Complete List is available on <project folder>/board_files/*_devices.csv

Design supports following modules:

Module ModelBoard Part Short NamePCB Revision SupportDDRFlash memoryOthersNotes
TEI0001-02-08-C8*DBC83REV028Mbyte8Mbyte----
TEI0001-02-16-C8FBC83REV028Mbyte8Mbyte----
TEI0001-03-08-C8DBC83REV038MByte8Mbyte----
TEI0001-03-16-C8FBC83REV038MByte8Mbyte--

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TEI0001-03-16-C8AFBC84REV0332MByte8Mbyte----
TEI0001-03-DBC83ADBC83REV038Mbyte8Mbyte----
TEI0001-03-FBC83AFBC83REV038Mbyte8Mbyte----
TEI0001-03-FBC84AFBC84REV0332MByte8Mbyte----
TEI0001-04-DBC83ADBC83REV048Mbyte8Mbyte--

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TEI0001-04-FBC83AFBC83REV048Mbyte8Mbyte----
TEI0001-04-FBC84AFBC84REV0432MByte8Mbyte----

*used as reference

Hardware Modules

Design supports following carriers:

Carrier ModelNotes
---

*used as reference

Hardware Carrier

Additional HW Requirements:

Additional HardwareNotes
Micro USB cable for JTAG/UART--

*used as reference

Additional Hardware

Content

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

Design Sources

TypeLocationNotes
Quartus

<project folder>/source_files/quartus

Quartus project will be generated by TE Scripts

Software

<project folder>/source_files/software

Additional software will be generated by TE Scripts

Design sources

Prebuilt

File

File-Extension

Description

SOPC Information File*.sopcinfoFile with description of the *.qsys file to create software for the target hardware
Programmer Object File*.pofFPGA configuration file
Diverse Reports---Report files in different formats
Software Application File*.elfSoftware application for NIOS II processor system
BIN-File*.binImage of the software application for flash memory
Prebuilt files (only on ZIP with prebuilt content)

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:

Design Flow


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:
  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


Programming

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

Get prebuilt boot binaries

Reference Design is also available with prebuilt files. It's recommended to use TE prebuilt files for first launch.

  1. Run create_project_win.cmd/create_project_linux.sh
  2. Select Module in 'Board selection'
  3. Click on 'Export prebuilt files' button
    1. Folder <project folder>/_binaries_<Article Name> with subfolder programming_files will be generated and opened

MAX10 and flash memory

  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"
      1. Note: With this selection, the MAX10 is programmed with the pof file and the flash memory is also programmed with the bin 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

Flash memory only

  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. select "Program other file" and click on "Browse ..." to open the bin file
  5. Click on "Start program device" button

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

      Win OS: see device manager

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

    2. Speed: 115200
  2. Press reset button (Note: The Nios V needs some seconds to load the software project from the flash memory)
  3. Console output depends on used Software project, see Software Design - SDK#Application

System Design - Quartus


Block Design

The block designs may differ depending on the assembly variant.

Block Design - Project
Block Design - Platform Designer

Software Design - SDK


Application

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

test_tei0001

Software example to test TEI0001 module.

  • You can toggle between following modes by pressing user button
    1. Spirit level
    2. Pulse-width modulation sequence
    3. Shift register sequence
    4. Knightrider sequence
    5. Case statement sequence


Appx. A: Change History and Legal Notices


Document Change History

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DateDocument Revision

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  • update to Quartus Prime Lite 22.1
2022-06-15v.16Thomas Dück
  • 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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