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Loading soc_system Peripheral Register descriptions into DS-5 ?

Hi,
I have just before Christmas purchased a DE0-Nano-SoC, which seems very versatile
and I would like to look at and debug the custom peripheral registers using DS-5 Community Edition 27.1

I am starting from example code
DE0-Nano-SoC_v.1.1.0_HWrevB0_revC0_SystemCD\Demonstrations\ SoC_FPGA\my_first_hps-fpga
(and have created a version with 3 PIOs plus my own firmware I developed on a Cyclone II FPGA)
I am currently just trying to look at the registers in "my_first_hps-fpga",
and viewing the videos with the DE0-NaNO-SoC (repeatedly) I am beginning to understand DS-5 ... but .....

I have a problem with viewing the Peripheral Registers,
in that in the videos it suggests in Debug Configuration => Files
that I need to supply a DIRECTORY where the soc_system register description can be found.
However the DS-5 Community Edition 27.1 code is asking for a FILE.

http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/SoCED...eral_Registers
suggests I should find it in "synthesis", but I have tried all the files there and typically get the following error messages :

add-symbol-file"D:\home\jbww\Design\Altera\Quartus_Designs_Cy clone_V_DE0_Nano_SoC\Example_01_SoC+FPGA_LEDs\soc_ system\synthesis\soc_system.qip"
ERROR(CMD685-COR107):
! Failed to loadsymbols for "soc_system.qip"
! Unable to detectimage type of file"D:\home\jbww\Design\Altera\Quartus_Designs_Cy clone_V_DE0_Nano_SoC\Example_01_SoC+FPGA_LEDs\soc_ system\synthesis\soc_system.qip"

So my question is, what file / file suffix am I looking for ?

cheers,
Dr. Beau Webber

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Lukas Snetler over 7 years ago in reply to Dr. Beau Webber +1 verified

Hi Beau, One of the options that the Community edition supports is Linux user space application debug through an ethernet connection. I suspect that this is the debug configuration that you have chosen...

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0 Dr. Beau Webber over 7 years ago in reply to Lukas Snetler

Thanks Lucas,

You are indeed quite right, I am indeed accessing the DE0-Nano-SoC via the Ethernet connection. As well as most DS-5 functions, I use it for SSH, VNC and SCP - extremely versatile, and has the advantage I can work from anywhere on the property, say in the office, and do not have to be in the Lab by the board.

OK, disappointing what you are saying, but hopefully 30 days will do it, and once the PIOs are debugged and I can read and write my own registers in my firmware, I will be sorted. (So far reading read-only registers in my firmware works, writing and then reading R/W registers always returns 0.)

I can not easily justify a full permanent license, as I only implement firmware once or twice a year, so far for use on my own NMR instrumentation.

cheers, and thanks again for solving that.

Beau
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0 Dr. Beau Webber over 7 years ago in reply to Lukas Snetler

Thanks Lucas,

You are indeed quite right, I am indeed accessing the DE0-Nano-SoC via the Ethernet connection. As well as most DS-5 functions, I use it for SSH, VNC and SCP - extremely versatile, and has the advantage I can work from anywhere on the property, say in the office, and do not have to be in the Lab by the board.

OK, disappointing what you are saying, but hopefully 30 days will do it, and once the PIOs are debugged and I can read and write my own registers in my firmware, I will be sorted. (So far reading read-only registers in my firmware works, writing and then reading R/W registers always returns 0.)

I can not easily justify a full permanent license, as I only implement firmware once or twice a year, so far for use on my own NMR instrumentation.

cheers, and thanks again for solving that.

Beau
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