Flash Programmer in NIOS2 1.1

Altera_Forum · ‎03-24-2005

In Nios2 1.01, I have used the Flash Programmer well.

But, in Nios2 1.1, I encountered the problem as following.

# Programming flash with the FPGA configuration
...
Mar 24, 2005 5:50:52 PM - (??) nios2-flash-programmer: Launching Quartus Program
mer to download:
     C:/altera/kits/nios2/components/my_new_board/system/my_new_board.sof
Error: Can&#39;t configure device. Expected JTAG ID code 0x020030DD for device 1, bu
t found JTAG ID code 0x171280DD.
Error: Operation failed
Error: Quartus II Programmer was unsuccessful. 2 errors, 0 warnings
Mar 24, 2005 5:50:53 PM - (??) nios2-flash-programmer: Unable to download SOF: C
:/altera/kits/nios2/components/my_new_board/system/my_new_board.sof, exiting
...

There are a CPLD and FPGA On my board. And FPGA is index 2 on the JTAG Chain.

I made the correct setting at the Flash Programmer Design which has a FPGA at index 2 of the JTAG Chain.

If you have the answer, please help me.

Altera_Forum · ‎03-24-2005

I have some idea, but I'm not sure that it helps you.

Try to readd a JTAG_UART in your configuration design and recompile all.

JtagUart in new version of NIOS 1.1 is different from NIOS 1.01.

Altera_Forum · ‎03-31-2005

I had the same problem - and a solution...

There is a bug in the nios IDE in Version 1.1 which don't forward the fpga jtag-chain position to the flash programmer. So you have to do it per hand.

Adjust all settings in the flash-programmer window - press "Apply". Then the IDE generates a file called "xx_programmer.sh" (where xx is the name of the project). You can find this file in the xx/debug/ folder. Open it with a text editor - find the lines where the flash programmer gets called (these lines start with "$SOPC_KIT_NIOS2/bin/nios2-flash-programmer") and add " --device=n" at the end of these lines - replace "n" with the jtag-chain position of the fpga - with 2 in your case. Do this as often as the flash programmer is called in this file (two times in my case) then save the file.

Close and reopen the Flash-Programmer window in the nios IDE and press "Program Flash". DO NOT PRESS "APPLY" - or you have to do the modifications again.

guys from altera : please add this to your fix-list for the next update...

Altera_Forum · ‎04-08-2005

Thanks for highlighting this problem. We'll be looking to address this in an upcoming release of Nios II IDE.