Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition - Manual (Page 30)

Altera Corporation Development Board Version 1.0. 4–2
July 2010 Altera Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition
Remote System Update Via Ethernet
Requirements
All designs to be downloaded to flash should be available on our local
computer. You will need
1. A local computer with a connection to a working Ethernet port.
2. A separate working Ethernet port to connect to your board.
3. Flash files for hardware and software images to update the board
with. These must be present on your local computer. For the sake of
simplicity an example set of flash files has been provided in your the
altera/
<version #>/kits/ cycloneIII_3C120_embedded/ examples/
application_selector/remote_system_update folder.
1 The .flash file format is an SREC file with addressing offset from
the base address of your flash device. For information on how to
create the necessary flash files from your design refer to
“Creating Flash Files for Remote System update ”
Operating
Instructions for
Remote System
Update 1. Apply power to the board by plugging in the power cable and
pressing switch SW1
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The application selector will appear on the LCD Screen. On
the bottom right you will see a button that should say “Not
Connected”. You may click on the button to view the
instructions for remote system update and click OK to
return to the main screen.
2. Using an Ethernet cable, connect the Ethernet RJ-45 jack on the LCD
Multimedia HSMC to a working Ethernet port.
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The connection to Ethernet port will be detected by the
application which will try to acquire a suitable IP address.
During this time you will see the message “Connecting…”
on the LCD screen.
3. Please wait while the web server application establishes a
connection to the internet and acquires an IP Address via DHCP. On
completion the IP Address will be displayed on the LCD Screen.
4. On your host PC ensure that it is connected to another working
Ethernet port and open a web browser.
5. In the web browser, type the IP address displayed on the LCD
screen (e.g. 168.57.231.12) and hit Enter