Application selector HW only load

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Is it possible to just load the converted .sof file only within the NEEK application selector? 

 There might be plenty of other FPGA designs not using NIOSII (o;

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Yes, it's possible.

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And how? 

 Placing just a file called "something_hw.flash" doesn't even list it in the menu...

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take a look at the source code for the application selector. it checks to see if there are 2 .fla(sh) files in a single directory to see if its a valid application. so i guess the next step is trying an empty file named something_sw.flash. if it doesn't work you'll have to modify the bootloader code to skip the software if its not present.

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Okay...copied some other small xxx_sw.flash file from the demos and it works...it didn't work with just a plaint text file for example being renamed..so it checks for a valid .elf file... 

 So back to prepare the zx_spectrum_hw.flash (o;