Overview
Refer to http://trenz.org/tei0050-info for the current online version of this manual and other available documentation.
Key Features
- Quartus Prime Lite 21.1.1
- NIOS II
- UART
- QSPI flash
- SDRAM memory
- User LED
- User button
Revision History
| Date | Quartus | Project Built | Authors | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-11 | 21.1.1 Lite | TEI0050-test_board_noprebuilt-quartus_21.1.1-20220811093744.zip TEI0050-test_board-quartus_21.1.1-20220811093807.zip | Thomas Dück |
|
Design Revision History
Release Notes and Know Issues
| Issues | Description | Workaround | To be fixed version |
|---|---|---|---|
| No known issues | --- | --- | --- |
Known Issues
Requirements
Software
| Software | Version | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Quartus Prime Lite | 21.1.1 | needed |
| NIOS II SBT for Eclipse | --- | optional |
Software
Hardware
Complete List is available on <project folder>/board_files/*_board_files.csv
Design supports following modules:
| Module Model | Board Part Short Name | PCB Revision Support | DDR | QSPI Flash | Others | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEI0050-01-AAH11A | AH11 | REV01 | 8MByte | 2MByte | -- | -- |
| TEI0050-01-AAH13A* | AH13 | REV01 | 8MByte | 8MByte | -- | -- |
*used as reference
Hardware Modules
Design supports following carriers:
| Carrier Model | Notes |
|---|---|
| --- |
*used as reference
Hardware Carrier
Additional HW Requirements:
| Additional Hardware | Notes |
|---|---|
| USB cable for JTAG/UART | Check Carrier Board and Programmer for correct type |
*used as reference
Additional Hardware
Content
For general structure and usage of the reference design, see Project Delivery - Intel devices
Design Sources
| Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | *.sopcinfo | File with description of the .qsys file to create software for the target hardware |
| SRAM Object File | *.sof | Ram configuration file |
| JTAG indirect configuration file | *.jic | Flash configuration file |
| Diverse Reports | --- | Report files in different formats |
| Software-Application-File | *.elf | Software application for NIOS II processor system |
Prebuilt files (only on ZIP with prebult 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 OS and Linux OS see: Project Delivery - Intel devices → Currently limitations of functionality
- Open create_project_win.cmd/create_project_linux.sh:
- Select Board in "Board selection"
- Click on "Create project" button to create project
- (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 files
Reference Design is also available with prebuilt files. It's recommended to use TE prebuilt files for first launch.
- Run create_project_win.cmd/create_project_linux.sh
- Select Module in 'Board selection'
- Click on 'Export prebuilt files' button
- Folder <project folder>/_binaries_<Article Name> with subfolder programming_files will be generated and opened
QSPI
- Connect JTAG and power on carrier with module
- Open create_project_win.cmd/create_project_linux.sh
- Select correct board in "Board selection"
- Click on "Program device" button
- if prebuilt files are available: select "Program prebuilt file"
- using own generated programming file: select "Program other file" and click on "Browse ..." to open own generated programming file
- (optional) click on "Open programmer GUI" to program device with Quartus programmer GUI
- Click on "Start program device" button
JTAG
Not used on this example.
Usage
- Prepare HW like described on section TEI0050 Intel Test Board
- Connect UART USB (most cases same as JTAG)
UART
- Open Serial Console (e.g. PuTTY)
select COM Port
Win OS: see device manager
Linux OS: see dmesg | grep tty (UART is *USB1)
- Speed: 115200
- Press reset button S1
- Press user button S2 to toggle between different LED sequences
- 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 Desginer
Software Design - SDK
Application
Used software project depends on board assembly variant. Template location: <project folder>/source_files/software/
hello_tei0050
'hello_tei0050' is a Hello World example as endless loop instead of one console output.
Appx. A: Change History and Legal Notices
Document Change History
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| -- | all | -- |
Document change history
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