Altera Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix V GX Edition - Manual (Page 20)

5–2 Chapter 5: Board Update Portal
Using the Board Update Portal to Update User Designs
Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit July 2012 Altera Corporation
Stratix V GX Edition User Guide
1 You can click Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix V GX
Edition
on the Board Update Portal web page to access the kit’s home page
for documentation updates and additional new designs.
f You can also navigate directly to the Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit,
Stratix V GX Edition page of the Altera website to determine if you have the latest kit
software.
Using the Board Update Portal to Update User Designs
The Board Update Portal allows you to write new designs to the user portion of flash
memory. Designs must be in the Nios II Flash Programmer File (.flash) format.
1 Design files available from the Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix V
GX Edition page include .flash files. You can also create .flash files from your own
custom design. Refer to “Preparing Design Files for Flash Programming” on page A–2
for information about preparing your own design for upload.
To upload a design over the network into the user portion of flash memory on your
board, perform the following steps:
1. Perform the steps in “Connecting to the Board Update Portal Web Page” to access
the Board Update Portal web page.
2. In the Hardware File Name field specify the .flash file that you either downloaded
from the Altera website or created on your own. If there is a software component
to the design, specify it in the same manner using the Software File Name field;
otherwise, leave the Software File Name field blank.
3. Click Upload. The progress bar indicates the percent complete. The file takes
about 20 seconds to upload.
4. To configure the FPGA with the new design after the flash memory upload process
is complete, set the Load Selector (J28) to the user position (jump pins 1-2), and
power cycle the board.
1 As long as you don’t overwrite the factory image in the flash memory device, you can
continue to use the Board Update Portal to write new designs to the user portion of
flash memory. If you do overwrite the factory image, you can restore it by following
the instructions in
“Restoring the Flash Device to the Factory Settings” on page A–4 .