Using The Board Update Portal - Intel Stratix 10 GX User Manual

You can click the Stratix 10 GX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit on the
Board Update Portal to access the development kit's home page for documentation
updates and additional new designs.
You can also navigate directly to the
Development Kit
software.

7.2 Using the Board Update Portal

The Board Update Portal allows you to write new designs to the user portion of flash
memory.
Hardware designs must be in the (
created on your own.
Software designs must be in the Nios II Flash Programmer File (.flash) format.
To create your own hardware designs, perform these steps:
1. From the Start menu, open Nios II Command Shell.
2. In the Nios II Command Shell, navigate to the
sh build_hw.sh yourfile_hw.sof 1
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
the Board Update Portal webpage.
2. In the
downloaded from the Intel website or created on your own.
3. If there is a software component to the design, specify it in the same manner
using the
Name
4. Click Upload. The progress bar indicates the completion percentage. The file
takes a few seconds to upload.
5. Set SW6.1 to ON(0) position to configure the FPGA with the new design after
flash memory upload process is complete.
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link on the Intel website to determine if you have the latest kit
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