This design example consists only of the hardware design for use with a compatible operating system that supports memory management unit (MMU). The hardware section consists of the Nios® II/f core with MMU enabled with the reset vector pointing to the flash memory and exception vector that points to the DDR3 memory.
You can use this design as a starting point to build your own MMU-enabled Nios II processor systems. This design supports the following Altera® development kits:
- Stratix® IV GX FPGA Development Kit (EP4SGX230)
- Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone® III Edition (EP3C120)
Hardware Design Specifications
- Nios II/f core with JTAG debug module
- DDR3 SDRAM controller
- Common flash interface (CFI) flash memory interface
- Triple Speed Ethernet media access control (MAC)
- JTAG UART
- System timer
- High-resolution timer
- Performance counter
- LED parallel I/Os (PIOs)
- Push-button PIOs
- System ID peripheral
- TX/RX SGDMA
- On-chip memory
Using This Design Example
The use of this design is governed by, and subject to, the terms and conditions of the Altera Hardware Reference Design License Agreement.
Download the zip files suitable for your kit below.
Stratix IV:
- 4SGX230 Nios II MMU zip file (14.1)
- 4SGX230 Nios II MMU zip file (14.0)
- 4SGX230 Nios II MMU zip file (13.1)
Cyclone III:
Note: Cyclone III device family is not support in ACDS version 14.0 and above.
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