FLASH PROGRAMMER DOWN LOAD ????

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DEAR ALL, 

I made a custom board with EP1C6Q240C8 and am29lv065d-90rei etc,after i made the target board I download the flie to the flash , but failured ,this information displayed in the IDE,please help !thanks# ! /bin/sh# # This file was automatically generated by the Nios II IDE Flash Programmer.# # It will be overwritten when the flash programmer options change.#   cd E:/work/1011/hello_led_0/Debug # Creating .flash file for the FPGA configuration $SOPC_KIT_NIOS2/bin/sof2flash --flash=U14 --offset=0x00700000 --input=E:/work/10 11/sopc_jj.sof --output=sopc_jj.flash Info: ******************************************************************* Info: Running Quartus II Convert_programming_file Info: Command: quartus_cpf --no_banner --convert E:/work/1011/sopc_jj.sof sopc_j j.rbf Info: Quartus II Convert_programming_file was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings  Info: Processing ended: Fri Oct 14 11:08:59 2005  Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:00 WARNING: Default charset GBK not supported, using ISO-8859-1 instead # Programming flash with the FPGA configuration $SOPC_KIT_NIOS2/bin/nios2-flash-programmer --input=sopc_jj.flash --sof=E:/work/1 011/FZH_NIOS_KIT/system/FZH_NIOS_KIT.sof --cable='ByteBlasterII [LPT1]' --device =1 --base=0x00800000 Oct 14, 2005 11:09:00 AM - (??) nios2-flash-programmer: Launching Quartus Progra mmer to download:  E:/work/1011/FZH_NIOS_KIT/system/FZH_NIOS_KIT.sof Unable to synchronize with target. Oct 14, 2005 11:10:07 AM - (??) nios2-flash-programmer: Error opening target har dware Oct 14, 2005 11:10:07 AM - (??) nios2-flash-programmer:   In order to program flash, you must first create a purpose-built  flash-programming design (i.e. FPGA configuration) and associate it with  your particular board. The Nios development kit is delivered with purpose-bui lt  flash-programming designs pre-built for several development boards. If you wi sh  to program flash on your own board, you must first create a flash-programming  design.   The process of creating a flash-programming design for your board is mostly  automated. From a bash-shell, execute this script:   mk_target_board --help   The help-message includes references to other documentation on programming  flash and targeting Nios systems to custom board designs.  - exiting. WARNING: Default charset GBK not supported, using ISO-8859-1 instead # Creating .flash file for the project $SOPC_KIT_NIOS2/bin/elf2flash --flash=U14 --base=0x00000000 --end=0x7fffff --res et=0x0 --input=hello_led_0.elf --output=ext_flash.flash --boot=$SOPC_KIT_NIOS2/c omponents/altera_nios2/boot_loader_cfi.srec WARNING: Default charset GBK not supported, using ISO-8859-1 instead # Programming flash with the project $SOPC_KIT_NIOS2/bin/nios2-flash-programmer --input=ext_flash.flash --sof=__NO_SO F_PLEASE__ --cable='ByteBlasterII [LPT1]' --device=1 --base=0x00800000 Oct 14, 2005 11:10:07 AM - (??) nios2-flash-programmer: SOF-download skipped. Oct 14, 2005 11:11:18 AM - (??) nios2-flash-programmer: Error opening target har dware Oct 14, 2005 11:11:18 AM - (??) nios2-flash-programmer:   In order to program flash, you must first create a purpose-built  flash-programming design (i.e. FPGA configuration) and associate it with  your particular board. The Nios development kit is delivered with purpose-bui lt  flash-programming designs pre-built for several development boards. If you wi sh  to program flash on your own board, you must first create a flash-programming  design.   The process of creating a flash-programming design for your board is mostly  automated. From a bash-shell, execute this script:   mk_target_board --help   The help-message includes references to other documentation on programming  flash and targeting Nios systems to custom board designs.  - exiting. Unable to synchronize with target. WARNING: Default charset GBK not supported, using ISO-8859-1 instead

[Altera_Forum]

I looks like that you did not setup MAKE_CUSTOM_BOARD design correctly. 

Please refe <documents>/ ug_nios2_flash_programmer.pdf

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These kind of problems can also occure, if you have enabled &#39;Device-wide Reset DEV_CLRn&#39; and this pin is actively driven low. This can be the reason that your custom-board design don&#39;t run. 

So check in Quartus 5.0: Assignments->Device->Device & Pin Options if this feature is enabled and active due to low level.  Mike

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I have been tearing my hair out for several months with the same problem. 

Try downloading Quartus V5.1 and NiosII V5.1, which seems to fix the problem (almost). Regards Ed