Cortex-M1 FPGA Development Kit Example System Tutorial: 1.2. SOPC components and implementation

1.2. SOPC components and implementation

This section describes the components and implementation of the example SOPC system.

The components of the system are:

Cortex-M1 processor core with Debug support
Instruction Tightly Coupled Memory (ITCM) and Data Tightly Coupled Memory (DTCM)
Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC)
internal system timer, SYSTICK
System Interconnect Fabric
Timer
Switch interface PIO
LED interface PIO
JTAG UART
Tristate Bridge for external memories
System ID Peripheral
external SSRAM PLL clock.

Figure 1.1 shows the structure of the example SOPC system.

Figure 1.1. Example SOPC system block diagram

Figure 1.2 shows a block diagram of how the system is used inside the FPGA on the Altera Cyclone III Starter Board.

Figure 1.2. Example SOPC system with Cyclone III Starter Board

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