Pseudo-ring testing of the FPGA memory using software Nios processor

Abstract

In this paper we review FPGA of the Altera company and we present an example of a ‘software’ microcontroller based on Nios processor creating. Also an algorithm for memory self-testing was developed and implemented on C language. This algorithm provides self-testing of the Nios and FPGA memory. Also this algorithm is based on pseudo-ring testing methods, which allow to significantly reduce hardware resources for self-realization.