Template Revision 1.0 - on construction

Design Name always "TE Series Name" + Design name, for example "TEI0001 Test Board"


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Table of contents

Overview

Notes :

NIOS II Design with SDRAM Controller and 5 different LED sequences, that can be toggled using the user button.

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

Key Features

Notes :

  • Add basic key futures, which can be tested with the design


  • Quartus 18.1
  • NIOS II
  • SPI
  • UART
  • User Flash memory
  • SDRAM memory
  • 3-axis Accelerometer
  • User LEDs
  • User buttons

Revision History

Notes :

  • add every update file on the download
  • add design changes on description


DateQuartusProject BuiltAuthorsDescription
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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  • add known Design issues and general notes for the current revision
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IssuesDescriptionWorkaroundTo be fixed version
No known issues---------


Requirements

Software

Notes :

  • list of software which was used to generate the design


SoftwareVersionNote
Quartus18.1needed


Hardware

Notes :

  • list of software which was used to generate the design

Design supports following modules:

Module ModelPCB Revision SupportSDRAMQSPI FlashOthersNotes
TEI0001-03-08-C8REV02, REV038 MByte64 MBit3-axis AccelerometerNA
TEI0001-03-16-C8AREV0332 MByte64 MBit3-axis AccelerometerNA


Design supports following carriers:

Carrier ModelNotes
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Additional HW Requirements:

Additional HardwareNotes
USB Cable for JTAG/UARTCheck Carrier Board and Programmer for correct type


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

Notes :
  • Basic Design Steps

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  1. Open file "test_board.quar"
  2. Select Tools → Platform Designer  from Quartus menu
  3. Open file "NIOS_test_board.qsys" in Platform Designer
  4. Open the component "onchip_ram" (double-click)
    1. Enable "Initialize memory content" and "Enable non-default initialization file" at Memory initialization, if disabled
    2. Specify Path for User created initialization file. You can find the file at \software\test_board\mem_init\NIOS_test_board_onchip_ram.hex
  5. Select Generate → Generate HDL... from the Platform Designer menu
  6. The Generation window will appear

    1. Select "VHDL" as the synthesis language and "None" from the simulation model dropdown menu

    2. Select “Create block symbol file(.bsf)”, if not selected

    3.  Click Generate and close Platform Designer
  7. Select Processing → Start Compilation from the Quartus menu to compile the Design

Launch

Programming

JTAG

  1. Connect the Module to USB-Port
  2. Open the Quartus Prime Programmer from Tools → Programmer
  3. If the Arrow-USB-Blaster is not visible:
    1. Click "Hardware Setup..."
    2. Choose at the drop-down menu "Currently selected hardware" Arrow-USB-Blaster[USB0]
    3. Close "Hardware Setup"
  4. If the correct configuration file is not set:
    1. Delete other files
    2. Click "Add file..."
    3. select the correct *.sof file (Path: <project_directory>\output_files\test_board.sof)
  5. Click start

MAX10 Flash

  1. Do step 1 to step 3 from section Programming → JTAG, if not done yet
  2. If the correct configuration file is not set:
    1. Delete other files
    2. Click "Add file..."
    3. Select the correct *.pof file (Path: <project_directory>\output_files\test_board.pof)
  3. Click start

Usage

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

UART

  1. Open Serial Console "PuTTY"
  2. Change settings in category "Session"
    1. Connection Type: Serial
    2. COM Port: see device manager (Win OS)
    3. Speed: 115200
  3. Select "Implicit CR in every LF" in category "Terminal"
  4. Click Open
  5. Press reset button at module
    1. SDRAM test is running
    2. Flash test is running
  6. After the tests finished, you can toggle between following LED sequences by pressing user button
    1. Spirit level
    2. Case statement sequence
    3. Shift register sequence
    4. Knightrider sequence
    5. Pulse-width modulation sequence

Appx. A: Change History and Legal Notices

Document Change History

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DateDocument Revision

Authors

Description

  • Initial release 18.1
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