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Honored ContributorCyclon III starter Kit, flash device
hello,
i have a problem to program the flash device of the cyclon III starter Kit. I use Quartus 7.2. Up to kno i program the *.sof file and the program works. Now i want to start the program, when i power-on my board. because of that, i do the steps, which are posted in the ug_ciii_starter_kit.pdf to program the flash device. when i finished the programming i switched off and on the board, but the progam didn't work. So i try to do it one more time, but then i get following error message: can't recognize silicon ID for device I. I have already read some posts in the forum and in the knowledge base, but i can't solve the problems. can somebody help me?????29 Replies
Altera_Forumthe programming mode: JTAG
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That's OK, sorry for the obvious question. Have you tried to upgrade to the latest QuartusII version?
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no, but i can try it
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i will hope it works, because i have no administration tights here
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Another reason may be that the flash device has been damaged and is no longer programmable. Some CMOS devices are very sensitive to
latch-up and electrostatic discharge. This is a frequent cause of failures in CMOS ICs. - Altera_Forum
with service pack 3 there is no chance, still the error message.
i don't hope, that it is damaged. it is strange because the first time, there was no error message, but the program didn't work, and at the second try, the error message appeared - Altera_Forum
i try something different, i use the control panel. with it, i can read or write the memory from the board. so i program the flash, it works for ca 120s but then there is a failure to and the progamming aborts
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therefor another question, when i convert my *.sof file to an *.pof file for flash programming, where must i input my *.sof file
configuration master high byte low byte??? i use active parallel configuration and cfi_128mb, like the guide from the starter kit - Altera_Forum
Did you also add the correct flash device?
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i think so, i take the cfi_128mb like in the user guide manual, but i have just seen, that the starter kit has an 16mb flash, could that be the problem,unfortunaltelly i can test it not until monday, because the board is at the university
