interfacing nios with addition modules

[Altera_Forum]

Hello, 

This is a newbie question. Sorry if this is not the right place to post this.  I am still using the nios 1 core, waiting on the nios 2. I have an additional module that the nios interfaces with currently and everything seems to work fine. Now what i need is to add an additional control signal to that module so that I can turn on and off certain features from within the nios environment, for example c code with GUI interface to a pc. I am also the cyclone dev kit from altera. So far it doesn&#39;t seem like I easily hook up a signal from my extra module directly to the nios without using up one of the proto pins... i must be missing something here. http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif   thanx for any help on this, -Quan

[Altera_Forum]

I see the light... I should have read through altera&#39;s literature site. It had a document on PIO and that looks like what I was after. 

  -Quan

[Altera_Forum]

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--- Quote Start ---  I have an additional module.....[/b]  --- Quote End ---    Do you interface it with Nios using Avalon BUS?

[Altera_Forum]

Yes, i am interfacing it with the avalon bus and it seems to be working okay as expected. 

This seems almost too easy.   -Quan