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Preliminary
Contents
Contents
Using the Mandelbrot application ................................................................................................. 5–7
Operation ......................................................................................................................................... 5–11
Appendix A. Video Pipeline Data Flow
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... A–1
Get the full LCD controller Application Note .................................................................................. A–2
Creating a new 5:6:5 Pixel-Format component ................................................................................ A–2
Appendix B. Application Selector Details
SD Card .................................................................................................................................................. B–1
Application Files ................................................................................................................................... B–1
SD Card Directory Structure ............................................................................................................... B–1
CFI Flash ................................................................................................................................................ B–2
Hardware images ............................................................................................................................ B–2
Software Images .............................................................................................................................. B–2
Application Boot Code ................................................................................................................... B–3
Flash Hardware Image Catalog .................................................................................................... B–3
Hardware Image Caching ................................................................................................................... B–4
Flash Hardware Image Catalog .......................................................................................................... B–5
Creating Your Own Loadable Applications ..................................................................................... B–6
Rebuilding the Application Selector .................................................................................................. B–7
Create a BSP ..................................................................................................................................... B–8
Build the project ............................................................................................................................... B–8
Build the boot code ......................................................................................................................... B–9
Appendix C. Restoring the Factory Image
Restoring the Original Flash Image (Application Selector) ............................................................ C–1
Rebuilding the Application Selector from Source Files .................................................................. C–2
Boot Code ............................................................................................................................................... C–2
Hardware Image Catalog .................................................................................................................... C–3
Application Selector Hardware Image .............................................................................................. C–3
Application Selector Software Image ................................................................................................ C–4
Combining factory recovery image files ........................................................................................... C–4
Appendix D. Frequently Asked Questions
Why is my SOF time-limited? ....................................................................................................... D–1
What are Ready-to-Run Demonstrations? ................................................................................... D–1
Where can I find Ready-to-Run Demonstrations? ..................................................................... D–1
What is in a ready-to-run demonstration ? ................................................................................. D–2
How do ready-to-run demonstrations get loaded from the SD card to the FPGA? .............. D–2
Where can I get more ready-to-run demonstrations? ................................................................ D–2
Where can I get full Quartus II projects and source code for ready-to-run
demonstrations? .............................................................................................................................. D–2
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