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A. programming the flash memory device, Introduction, Cfi flash memory map – Altera Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Manual

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© November 2009 Altera Corporation

Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition User Guide

A. Programming the Flash Memory

Device

Introduction

As you develop your own project using the Altera tools, you can program the flash
memory device so that your own design loads from flash memory into the FPGA on
power up. This appendix describes the preprogrammed contents of the common flash
interface (CFI) flash memory device on the Stratix IV GX FPGA development board
and the Nios II EDS tools involved with reprogramming the user portions of the flash
memory device.

The Stratix IV GX FPGA development board ships with the CFI flash device
preprogrammed with a default factory FPGA configuration for running the Board
Update Portal example design and a default user configuration for running the Board
Test System demonstration. There are several other factory software files written to
the CFI flash device to support the Board Update Portal. These software files were
created using the Nios II EDS, just as the hardware design was created using the
Quartus II software.

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For more information about Altera development tools, refer to the

Design Software

page of the Altera website.

CFI Flash Memory Map

Table A–1

shows the default memory contents of the 512-Mb (64-MB) Intel

PC48F4400P0VB00 CFI flash device. For the Board Update Portal to run correctly and
update designs in the user memory, this memory map must not be altered.

Table A–1. Byte Address Flash Memory Map

Block Description

Size

Address Range

Unused

32 KB

0x03FF8000 - 0x03FFFFFF

Unused

32 KB

0x03FF0000 - 0x03FF7FFF

Unused

32 KB

0x03FE8000 - 0x03FEFFFF

Unused

32 KB

0x03FE0000 - 0x03FE7FFF

User software

24,320 KB

0x02820000 - 0x03FDFFFF

Factory software

8,192 KB

0x02020000 - 0x0281FFFF

zipfs (html, web content)

8,192 KB

0x01820000 - 0x0201FFFF

User hardware

12,288 KB

0x00C20000 - 0x0181FFFF

Factory hardware

12,288 KB

0x00020000 - 0x00C1FFFF

PFL option bits

32 KB

0x00018000 - 0x0001FFFF

Board information

32 KB

0x00010000 - 0x00017FFF

Ethernet option bits

32 KB

0x00008000 - 0x0000FFFF

User design reset vector

32 KB

0x00000000 - 0x00007FFF