Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) User Guide

Overview

The Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) is a comprehensive tool suite designed for embedded software development on Intel FPGA SoC devices. It provides essential tools, utilities, run-time software, and application examples to facilitate firmware and application development across various Intel SoC hardware platforms.

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Installation procedures for SoC EDS, Arm Development Studio, and Linaro Bare Metal Toolchain.
Guidance on hardware and software development roles and the specific tools required for each.
Detailed information on bootloader generation and management tools, including the Bootloader Image Tool (mkpimage) and U-Boot Image Tool (mkimage).
Explanation of the Intel SoC FPGA Hardware Library (HWLIB) for low-level hardware access and control.
Instructions for using the HPS Flash Programmer for programming flash memory devices.
Overview of Bare Metal Compilers (Arm and Linaro GCC) for embedded application development.
Guidance on the SD Card Boot Utility for updating boot software on SD cards.
Information on the Linux Device Tree Generator for describing hardware to the Linux OS.
Details on SoC EDS licensing and activation.

Resources

For the most up-to-date information and additional resources, Intel recommends visiting the SoC EDS and Arm Development Studio web page on RocketBoards.org.

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