Nios to FPGA Avalon-MM

[aamodini]

I want to transfer data from Nios (host) to a custom agent component on the FPGA through Avalon-MM interface. But, the host and agent operate at different clock speeds. How to facilitate data transfer in this scenario?

[sstrell]

In Platform Designer, just connect them together.  The generated interconnect will automatically include CDC logic, either a FIFO or handshaking, depending on the options you set in PD (I think it's Interconnect Requirements in Standard and the Domains tab in Pro).

If you want more control, you can manually add/insert an Avalon clock crossing bridge from the IP Catalog.

[aamodini]

I am trying to use the Avalon-MM Clock Crossing Bridge, but am confused regarding a few connections on PD.

m0_clk and m0_reset are connected to the Nios processor clk and reset respectively (125 MHz) and s0_clk is connected to the clock bridge at 100 MHz. avalon_slave_0 is my custom Avalon-MM slave component. How should s0 and m0 interfaces be connected, if Nios is the host and avalon_slave_0 is the agent?

[sstrell]

Nios connects to s0, and m0 connects to your custom component.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683609/24-2/memory-mapped-clock-crossing-bridge-example.html

[aamodini]

Thank you.

I get the following error when I connect m0 to custom component

Error: system.mm_ccb_0.m0: avalon_slave_0.avalon_slave_0 (0x41160..0x4116f) is outside the master's address range (0x0..0x3f)

I have assigned base addresses to all the components.

[sstrell]

You set the address width to only 4 bits for the bridge and you're using an address much larger than that.  Just turn on "Use automatically determined address width."

[aamodini]

I get other errors when I turn on "Use automatically-determined address width"

[sstrell]

As it says, the address spaces are overlapping.  Either manually adjust them or auto-assign base addresses again.

I'd recommend checking out the user guide for how to set up memory-mapped addressing: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683609/24-2/64-bit-addressing-support.html

[JingyangTeh_Altera]

Hi aamodini

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Jingyang, Teh

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