exposing ports outside of SOPC

[Altera_Forum]

Good Afternoon 

 Sorry but I am new to NIOS and SOPC builder. But I am trying to create a two port memory where one port is connected to the NIOS using AValong-mm so I can read and write to the memory by the CPU, but the second port is exposed outside of SOPC block so I can access it outside of the SOPC package? A generic way to ask is "are there a way to expose ports to the external world in SOPC other than create your own device?"  Thanks for your help.  Victor

[Altera_Forum]

What you need to do is create an avalon master port and export it outside of SoPC builder. The easiest way to do this is to create a new component using the component wizard. Use the "Templates" to create a new Avalon Memory Mapped Master template. Because the component is not based on HDL, it will automatically export the signals outside SoPC Builder. You should create a master with a 32-bit address bus and a 32-bit data bus. It is your responsibility to make sure you address slave components on the bus correctly. 

 Jake

[Altera_Forum]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jakobjones @ Jul 11 2009, 08:20 PM) <{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=23082)</div> 

--- Quote Start ---  What you need to do is create an avalon master port and export it outside of SoPC builder. The easiest way to do this is to create a new component using the component wizard. Use the "Templates" to create a new Avalon Memory Mapped Master template. Because the component is not based on HDL, it will automatically export the signals outside SoPC Builder. You should create a master with a 32-bit address bus and a 32-bit data bus. It is your responsibility to make sure you address slave components on the bus correctly.  Jake[/b]  --- Quote End ---     Thank You  Victor