Komodo CXP Reference Guide
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1.
Initializing four links of the IP.
2.
Detecting the camera connected to the IP and the master link.
3.
Printing the camera parameters to the JTAG UART.
4.
Starting acquisition from camera (Acquisition Start/Stop register of the camera is defined by
AQUISITION_START_REG).
NOTE: due to NIOS II processor address limitation the address space towards the IP is remapped by
the Avalon bridge as following:
Address range respective to
AVALON_EXT_BRIDGE_1_BASE
defined in system.h of the BSP
Description
0x00000000 to 0x00FFFFFF
Device bootstrap registers (LINK_CONTROL as defined in
IP datasheet)
0x01000000 to 0x01FFFFFF
Host IP internal control registers starting from
LINK_CH_SELECT
Table 25 : IP Address
The IP requires a license to compile. To install the license follow the guidelines below:
1.
Save the “license.dat” file received from KAYA Instruments on the hard drive.
2.
Open Quartus
3.
For the web edition: Using “Tools->license Setup-> license file” choose the provided “license.dat”
file.
For the full edition: append the content of the provided “license.dat” file into the existing
“license.dat” file.
Using the reference design
The reference design was designed for Quartus 64-Bit 15.0. In case other Quartus version is used,
some Altera IPS might be need to be updated.
To use the reference design, please follow the following steps:
Make sure Quartus II is installed on your PC.
Install KOMODO CXP board into the PC.
Connect the USB Blaster cable (or USB-Blaster II cable) to the KOMODO CXP board and
host PC. Install the USB Blaster driver if necessary
Power on the PC
Using Quartus programmer, load the ky_komodo.sof to the board. The file is located under
fpga_reference_design \output_files\ folder in the software CD
Reference Design
