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fpga softcore
Hi Guys,
Recently I am studying NIOS II processor, yes it's a softcore.
I find that using a softcore is not easy at all for a lone ranger developer as you need to take care of the system library (Hardware Abstraction Layer) which corelate directly to the HW design.
Then you have to implement your application codes for the softcore itself for your end product whatever it is.
So, I would like to invite who ever used a softcore before to share their experiences and advises. Nomatter you used a microBlaze before or a Nios I/II.
Please advise what are the true benefits that can justify for a softcore implementation? How does it benefits developer/company from using a simple 8051 IC? Please projects a true examples.
What are the precautions and hacks that a developer should aware of?
Did anyone really implement a authentic design using NIOS II before or everything just leverage from the samples with improvement and customizations?
I need some confidence to proceed. Any comments are wellcome.
-Sigma|Six
Hi Guys,
Recently I am studying NIOS II processor, yes it's a softcore.
I find that using a softcore is not easy at all for a lone ranger developer as you need to take care of the system library (Hardware Abstraction Layer) which corelate directly to the HW design.
Then you have to implement your application codes for the softcore itself for your end product whatever it is.
So, I would like to invite who ever used a softcore before to share their experiences and advises. Nomatter you used a microBlaze before or a Nios I/II.
Please advise what are the true benefits that can justify for a softcore implementation? How does it benefits developer/company from using a simple 8051 IC? Please projects a true examples.
What are the precautions and hacks that a developer should aware of?
Did anyone really implement a authentic design using NIOS II before or everything just leverage from the samples with improvement and customizations?
I need some confidence to proceed. Any comments are wellcome.
-Sigma|Six