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25–4 Chapter 25: Trace System MegaCore Function
Operating the Trace System from System Console
Video and Image Processing Suite January 2013 Altera Corporation
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Loading the Project and Connecting to the Hardware
To connect to the Trace System, the System Console needs access to the hardware and
to the information about what the board does. To enable access for System Console,
follow these steps:
1. Connect to the host by doing one of the following:
■ Connect the On-Board USB-Blaster II to the host with the USB cable.
■ Connect the JTAG pins to the host with a USB-Blaster, Ethernet Blaster, or a
similar cable.
2. Start the System Console and make sure that it detects your device.
Figure 25–2 shows the System Explorer pane with the connections and devices
folders expanded, with an On-Board USB-Blaster II cable connected.
The individual connections appear in the connections folder, in this case the JTAG
connection and the direct USB connections provided by the USB-Blaster II.
The System Console discovers which connections go to the same device and
creates a node in the devices folder for each unique device which visible at any
time. If both connections go to the same device, then the device only appears once.
3. Load your design into the System Console. Do one of the following:
■ In the System Console window, on the File menu, select Load Design. Open
the Quartus II Project File (.qpf) for your design.
■ From the System Console TCL shell, type the following command:
[design_load </full/path/to/project.qpf>]
You will get a full list of loaded designs by opening the designs’ node within the
System Explorer pane on the System Console window, or by typing the following
command on the System Console TCL shell:
[get_service_paths design]
Figure 25–2. Connections and Devices Within the System Console