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Help with IOWR_32DIRECT and IORD_32DIRECT(

Altera_Forum
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Hello, 

 

I need some help with the functions IOWR_32DIRECT and IORD_32DIRECT. I made a component in VHDL which simply copies the input to the output. Using the Nios II and the functions IOWR_32DIRECT and IORD_32DIRECT I intend to "throw" a value in this component and expect it in return the same value. However, the result is totally different. Could anyone help me indicating where is the error? 

 

The architecture used has an Nios II, Onchip Memory, JTAG UART and the component that I created. 

 

The codes are: 

 

VHDL (Component): 

 

---------------------------------------------- LIBRARY ieee; USE ieee.std_logic_1164.all; USE ieee.std_logic_unsigned.all; ---------------------------------------------- ENTITY Copy IS PORT (dataIn: in STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (31 DOWNTO 0); dataOut: out STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (31 DOWNTO 0); write_n, read_n: in STD_LOGIC; clk, reset: in STD_LOGIC ); END ENTITY; ARCHITECTURE CompCopy OF Copy IS SIGNAL data: STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (31 DOWNTO 0); BEGIN PROCESS (clk, reset) BEGIN IF(clk'Event and clk='1') then IF write_n = '1' THEN data <= dataIn; END IF; IF read_n = '1' then dataOut<= data; END IF; END IF; END PROCESS; END CompCopy; 

 

C: 

 

# include <stdio.h># include "system.h"# include "io.h" int main() { int i = 1; IOWR_32DIRECT(COPY_0_BASE, 1, i); printf("\nValue: %d\n", IORD_32DIRECT(COPY_0_BASE, 1)); return 0; }  

 

Returned value: 1052681 

 

The "Signals" tab in "Component Editor" are: 

 

 

 

name 

 

interface 

 

signal type 

 

width 

 

direction 

 

 

 

dataIn 

 

avalon_slave_0 

 

writedata 

 

32 

 

input 

 

 

 

dataOut 

 

avalon_slave_0 

 

readdata 

 

32 

 

output 

 

 

 

write_n 

 

avalon_slave_0 

 

write_n 

 

 

input 

 

 

 

read_n 

 

avalon_slave_0 

 

read_n 

 

 

input 

 

 

 

clk 

 

clock 

 

clk 

 

 

input 

 

 

 

reset 

 

reset 

 

reset 

 

 

input 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you very much!
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Altera_Forum
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Some issues i saw: 

  • reset unused (helps to have at least a default value when reading your register) 

  • read_n and write_n are low active (compare with 0 instead of 1, or use the high active signals) 

  • dataOut is pipelined for one cycle, make sure you have defined one read wait state in qsys/hw.tcl 

  • there is no address bus (qsys spans a only one single 32Bit word register map) 

  • you are writing to offset 1 (0x4 as byte offset), this is not your (single word) component 

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Altera_Forum
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It worked! Thank you very much! 

 

Just one more question: do you know where I can find the description of each signal type, of the "Signals" tab in "Component Editor" (Signal Type)? 

 

Thank you
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Altera_Forum
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Good to hear that it is working now, here is something to read about Signals: :-) 

 

The Avalon spec: 

https://www.altera.com/literature/manual/mnl_avalon_spec.pdf 

 

The SOPC user guide: 

https://www.altera.com/en_us/pdfs/literature/ug/ug_sopc_builder.pdf 

 

QSYS in the Quartus II Handbook Volume 1: Design and Synthesis, Chapter 6: 

https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii5v1.pdf
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Good to hear that it is working now, here is something to read about Signals: :-) 

 

The Avalon spec: 

https://www.altera.com/literature/manual/mnl_avalon_spec.pdf 

 

The SOPC user guide: 

https://www.altera.com/en_us/pdfs/literature/ug/ug_sopc_builder.pdf 

 

QSYS in the Quartus II Handbook Volume 1: Design and Synthesis, Chapter 6: 

https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii5v1.pdf 

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Thank you very much! =-D
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