[Coco] Howto for Altera DE1?

[Steven Hirsch]

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Mark McDougall wrote:

> Steven Hirsch wrote:
>
>> <sigh> I'm working with the Linux (Beta) version of Quartus.  Do you know 
>> what the procedure would be in that environment?  I'm one of those folks 
>> who avoids Windows like the plague unless it's the only option.
>
> Before I address your question, I should have made it clear that the Control 
> Panel application requires that you have configured the FPGA with the 
> corresponding Control Panel firmware (not that it helps your problem Steven).
>
> The Control Panel application communicates with the Control Panel firmware in 
> the FPGA to provide "low level" functions like directly accessing on-board 
> devices such as SRAM, Flash, LEDs etc. Just to make it perfectly clear, it 
> has nothing what-so-ever to do with Quartus or any other Altera development 
> tools. It was developed specifically for the DE1 by TerASIC.

Hmm.  There may be an additional bit of disconnect on my part.  What 
exactly is the correct target for the ROM image?  I was assuming it to be 
the onboard configuration ROM.  Are you actually referring to a removable 
SD card?

Is an SD card required for proper operation of coco3fpga?

> If you asked nicely enough, I might be able to find the time to munge one of 
> my existing projects into something like the above. :) In the mean-time, I 
> can ask around to see if anyone has something suitable.
>
> BTW AFAIK, no-one has had any luck running the Control Panel application via 
> WINE either... :(

I'm sure it will run fine under VMware.  But, I really need to understand 
what the proper resting place is.

Steve


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