Chapter 1: Nios II Hardware Development
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Creating the Design Example
May 2011
Altera Corporation
Nios II Hardware Development Tutorial
shows the Interval Timer parameter editor.
4. Click
Finish
. You return to the Qsys
System Contents
tab, and an instance of the
interval timer appears in the system contents table.
5. In the
Name
column, right-click the interval timer and click
Rename
.
6. Type
sys_clk_timer
and press Enter.
7. Connect the
clk
port of the
clk_0
clock source to the
clk
port of the interval timer.
8. Connect the
clk_reset
port of the
clk_0
clock source to the
reset
port of the
interval timer.
9. Connect the
data_master
port of the Nios II processor to the
s1
port of the interval
timer.
f
For more information about the timer, refer to the
Timer Core
chapter in the
.
Add the System ID Peripheral
The system ID peripheral safeguards against accidentally downloading software
compiled for a different Nios II system. If the system includes the system ID
peripheral, the Nios II SBT for Eclipse can prevent you from downloading programs
compiled for a different system.
Figure 1–9. Interval Timer Parameter Editor