AN 741: Remote System Upgrade for MAX 10 FPGA Devices over UART with the Nios II Processor

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Date 2/21/2017
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1. Remote System Upgrade for MAX 10 FPGA Devices over UART with the Nios II Processor
1. Remote System Upgrade for MAX 10 FPGA Devices over UART with the Nios II Processor x
1.1. Remote System Upgrade with MAX 10 FPGA Overview 1.2. Abbreviations 1.3. Prerequisite 1.4. Requirements 1.5. Reference Design Files 1.6. Reference Design Functional Description 1.7. Reference Design Walkthrough 1.8. Document Revision History
1.6. Reference Design Functional Description x
1.6.1. Reference Design IP Core Components 1.6.2. The Nios II EDS Software Application Design
1.6.1. Reference Design IP Core Components x
1.6.1.1. Nios II Gen2 Processor 1.6.1.2. Altera On-Chip Flash IP Core 1.6.1.3. Altera Dual Configuration IP Core 1.6.1.4. Altera UART IP Core 1.6.1.5. Generic Quad SPI Controller IP Core
1.6.2. The Nios II EDS Software Application Design x
1.6.2.1. Updating Application Images Remotely 1.6.2.2. Triggering Reconfiguration Remotely
1.7. Reference Design Walkthrough x
1.7.1. Generating Programming Files 1.7.2. Programming the QSPI 1.7.3. Programming the FPGA with Initial Image using JTAG 1.7.4. Updating Image and Triggering Reconfiguration using UART
1.7.1. Generating Programming Files x
1.7.1.1. Generating files for QSPI Programming 1.7.1.2. Generating files for Remote System Upgrade
1.7.1.2. Generating files for Remote System Upgrade x
1.7.1.2.1. .pof Generation through Convert Programming Files
1. Remote System Upgrade for MAX 10 FPGA Devices over UART with the Nios II Processor

1.2. Abbreviations

Table 1.  List of Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
Avalon-MM Avalon Memory-Mapped
CFM Configuration flash memory
GUI Graphical user interface
ICB Initialization Configuration Bit
MAP/.map Memory Map File
Nios II EDS Nios II Embedded Design Suite Support
PFL Parallel Flash Loader IP core
POF/.pof Programmer Object File
QSPI Quad serial peripheral interface
RPD/.rpd Raw programming data
SBT Software Build Tools
SOF/.sof SRAM Object File
UART Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
UFM User flash memory
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