Implementation of LEON 2 on the Altera Nios Dev. board (including RedBoot support)

During last months we made an implementation of the LEON 2 processor on the Altera Nios Development board (Cyclone edition).
This implementation supports the following onboard devices:
- 8 MB flash
- 1 MB SRAM
- 16 MB SDRAM
- LAN91C111 10/100 Ethernet chip
- compactflash
- 2 serial interfaces (debugger + in/output)
To illustrate the functionality of the design, RedBoot has been ported to Leon with support for the flash device and ethernet chip.
You can find a web-page with all sources & info via "project:empro -> Cases -> LEON 2 - Altera Nios Dev. board - RedBoot support" or directly by clicking here

Posted by: Tom Tierens - 23 Jul 2004, 09u40

Addendum to NIOS Tutorial v3.0 (Pin configuration)

One of the most common causes of system failure when implementing a NIOS embedded system is a wrong assignment of FPGA-pins.
This addendum will try to clarify some methods to resolve this problem.
[Addendum Nios Tutorial]

Posted by: Philip Van Pelt - 27 Apr 2004, 14u43

New projectassistant

As of May 1 2004, Dries Driessens will leave the empro-project.

Therefore, Philip Van Pelt joined our team last week. In the final months of the project he will try amoung one to translate the project's result to education.

Philip Van Pelt, 25, lives in Louvain (B) has a degree in Industrial Engineering Electronics Design and Master in Artificial Intelligence.

Posted by: Tom Tierens - 26 Apr 2004, 12u32