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About System Console |
The System Console is a tool that supports low-level hardware design debugging and initial bring-up and testing of a printed circuit board containing an Altera device. You can run commands using the System Console GUI or the command line. The System Console provides system level design access for generating and analyzing test patterns, verifying signal integrity, accessing design modules and embedded processor software, and loading designs in various devices. The System Console supports the following debugging tasks:
Verify clock is working
Verify component pinouts
Test memories and peripheral devices
Determine the value of reset signals
Perform loopback testing of Avalon® Streaming (Avalon-ST) interfaces
Debug memory interfaces with the External Memory Interface Toolkit
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Note : Detailed system-level debugging requires detailed knowledge of JTAG commands. When you use the System Console at the command line, the System Console prints responses to your commands in the terminal window. You can use the System Console to send and receive byte streams from any system-level debug (SLD) node, whether the node is instantiated in a Qsys component provided by Altera, or is part of your Quartus II project. |
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More information is available on the System Console on the Altera website and on the Altera Training page . |
