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Nios Custom InstructionsTutorial101 Innovation DriveSan Jose, CA 95134(408) 544-7000 Document Version: 1.0http://www.altera.com Document Date: June 2002Copyright Nios Custom Instructions TutorialCopyright © 2002 Altera Corporation. All rights reserved. Altera, The Programmable Solutions Company, the stylized Altera logo,specific device designations, and all other words and logos that are identified as trademarks and/or service marks are, unlessnoted otherwise, the trademarks and service marks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other product orservice names are the property of their respective holders. Altera products are protected under numerous U.S. and foreign patentsand pending applications, mask work rights, and copyrights. Altera warrants performance of its semiconductorproducts to current specifications in accordance with Altera’s standard warranty, but reserves the right to makechanges to any products and services at any time without notice. Altera assumes no responsibility or liabilityarising out of the application or use of any information, product, or service described herein except as expresslyagreed to in writing by Altera Corporation. Altera customers are advised to obtain the latest version of devicespecifications before relying on any published information and before placing orders for products or services. ii Altera CorporationTU-NIOSCITTRL-1.0■■■■About this Document® This tutorial introduces you to custom ...

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Nios Custom Instructions Tutorial

Copyright © 2002 Altera Corporation. All rights reserved. Altera , The Programmable Solutions Company, the stylized Altera logo, specific device designations, and all other words and logos that are identified as trademarks and/or service marks are, unless noted otherwise, the trademarks and service marks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other product or service names are the property of their respective holders. Altera products are protected under numerous U.S. and foreign paten ts and pending applications, mask work rights, and copyrights. Altera warrants performance of its semiconductor products to current specifications in accordance with Altera’s standard warranty, but reserves the right to make changes to any products and services at any time without notice. Altera assumes no responsibility or liability arising out of the application or use of any information, product, or service described herein except as expressly agreed to in writing by Altera Corporation. Altera customers are advised to obtain the latest version of device specifications before relying on any published information and before placing orders for products or services.

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This tutorial introduces you to custom instructions using the Altera ® Nios ® embedded processor version 2.1. It shows you how to use SOPC Builder version 2.5 and higher to implement a custom instruction into your Nios system module. Table 1shows the tutorial revision history.

Table 1. Tutorial Revision History Date Description June 2002 First publication. The tutorial introduces the custom instruction feature of the Nios embedded processor version 2.1 and SOPC Builder 2.52.
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How to Contact For the most up-to-date information about Altera products, go to the Altera Altera world-wide web site athttp://www.altera.com. For technical support on this product, go to http://www.altera.com/mysupport. For additional information about Altera products, consult the sources shown inTable 2.

Table 2. How to Contact Altera Information Type USA & Canada All Other Locations Technical supporthttp://www.altera.com/mysupport http://www.altera.com/mysupport (800) 800-EPLD (3753) [phone](1) (7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time) Pacific Time) Product literaturehttp://www.altera.com http://www.altera.com Altera literature [e-mail]   (1)[e-mail]   (1) Non-technical customer [phone] [phone] service (7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time) FTP siteftp.altera.com ftp.altera.com Note: (1) You can also contact your local Altera sales office or sales representative. Documentation Altera values your feedback. If you would like to provide feedback on this Feedback  ot lia g m- . e e   — dnes cudontme n ., i   o cl s ar d if o i c c s at @ i a o l n t   e r r e a q .c u o es m o   . rei,srucaanccs, its—iencteisnscoin _

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About this Document  .............................................................................................................................. ... iii How to Find Information ....................................................................................................... ....... iii How to Contact Altera ......................................................................................................... ......... iv Documentation Feedback ........................................................................................................ ..... iv Typographic Conventions ....................................................................................................... .......v Tutorial Overview  .............................................................................................................................. ..........9 Introduction .................................................................................................................. .................... 9 Example 1: Floating Point Unit ..............................................................................................9 Example 2: Binary to BCD Converter ................................................................................... 9 Hardware & Software Requirements ............................................................................................ 9 Tutorial Files ................................................................................................................ ...................10 More Information .............................................................................................................. ............. 10 Example 1: Floating Point Unit  ..............................................................................................................11 Introduction .................................................................................................................. .................. 11 Open the Quartus II Project ................................................................................................... ....... 11 Add & Instantiate the fpu.vqm Module ..................................................................................... 12 Generate the Nios System Module ...................................................................................... 19 Compile the Quartus II Project ............................................................................................20 Program the Nios Development Board ..............................................................................20 Edit the Macros ............................................................................................................... ................21 Build & Download Executable Files to the Nios System .........................................................23 Example 2: Binary to BCD Converter  ...................................................................................................27 Introduction .................................................................................................................. .................. 27 Open the Quartus Project ...................................................................................................... .......27 Open the Nios System Module ................................................................................................... .28 Add Custom Instructions to the Nios CPU ................................................................................29 Add the binary_to_bcd.v Custom Instruction File ...........................................................31 Add the display.v Custom Instruction File ........................................................................ 32 Compile & Download the Files to the Board ............................................................................. 35 Compile the Quartus II Project ............................................................................................35 Create & Download Executable Files to the Nios System ............................................... 37

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Introduction

Hardware & Software Requirements

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Tutorial Overview

This tutorial introduces you to custom instructions using the Altera Nios embedded processor version 2.1 and shows you how to use SOPC Builder version 2.5 and higher to add a custom instruction to your Nios microprocessor. This tutorial guides you through the steps for implementing two example custom instructions in a Nios system module and describes how to access these custom instructions through software. This tutorial is for Nios novices or users who are new to using embedded systems in PLDs. 1This tutorial assumes you have already completed the   Nios Tutorial.TheNios Tutorialshows you how to use the SOPC Builder and the Quartus ® II software to create your own Nios system module that interfaces with the Nios development board. This tutorial is divided into the following sections:

Example 1: Floating Point Unit “Example 1: Floating Point Unit” on page 11implements a multi-cycle custom instruction with a prefix. It also illustrates how to edit the software macro for use with non-integer variables.

Example 2: Binary to BCD Converter “Example 2: Binary to BCD Converter” on page 27implements multiple custom instructions. One of these custom instructions has export ports that are accessible from outside the Nios system module. This tutorial requires:
A PC running the Windows NT or 2000 operating system
Nios embedded processor version 2.1/SOPC Builder version 2.5 and higher
GNUPro ® Nios software development tools version 2.1
II software version 1.1 or higherQuartus
A Nios development board, set up as described in theNios Embedded Processor Getting Started User Guide
The ByteBlaster™ driver, installed as described in the   Quartus II Installation & Licensing for PCsmanual

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Tutorial Files

More Information

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Nios Custom Instructions Tutorial

1When you install the Nios embedded processor, the installation program also installs the LeonardoSpectrum™ software. The SOPC Builder uses this version of the LeonardoSpectrum software when synthesizing a Nios system module. You can request a free license file for this software from the Nios Development Software Licenses page on the Altera web site at http://www.altera.com.   Your license file also contains a license for the Quartus II software. The required files to complete this tutorial successfully are in thetutorials   folder in the SOPC Builder 2.5 installation directory. The default installation directory is:

C:/altera/excalibur/sopc builder 2 5/tutorials/Cust Inst Example1 _ _ _ _ _ C:/altera/excalibur/sopc builder 2 5/tutorials/Cust Inst Example2 _ _ _ _ _ You can also find these files bundled with the Custom Instructions Tutorial atp:tthalw.ww//moc.arettaretil/lit-ure/htmlnio.. SeeAN 188: Custom Instructions for the Nios Embedded Processor   for mo

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Open the Quartus II Project

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Example 1: Floating Point Unit

This tutorial section guides you through the steps required to implement a multi-cycle custom instruction that uses a prefix port. It also guides you through the steps required to edit the macro for non-integer variables. The custom instruction you will add is contained in thefpu.vqmmodule. This Verilog Quartus Mapping (.vqm) file contains a pre-synthesized netlist of a floating-point custom instruction design. The custom instruction design module is namedfpu. This instruction performs four basic floating-point unit operations: absolute, multiply, multiply with negate, and negate value. The unit takes two 32-bitfloatvalues as inputs, and generates one 32-bit float value as output. The prefix value as shown inTable 4controls the operation that is performed.

Table 4. Custom Instruction Floating-Point Unit Operation Function Prefix Floating-Point Unit Operation Absolute 0 result =|dataa| Negate 1 result =−dataa Multiply 2 result =dataa×datab Multiply with negate 3 result =−(dataa×datab) 1Altera has not testedfpu.vqmfor IEEE compliance. The use of this floating-point unit is for demonstration purposes only. To start the Quartus II software and open the custom instruction project, follow these steps: 1. ChoosePrograms > Altera> Quartus II<version> (Windows Start menu) to start the Quartus II software. 2. ChooseOpen Project(File menu) to open the project. 3. Browse to the working directory of your project. This tutorial uses the following default directory: c:\altera\excalibur\sopc builder 2 5\tutorials\Cust Inst Exa _ _ _ _ _ mple1

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