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17 years ago

Cyclone III Starter Board - CFI programming

Hi, I tried to program the Intel P30 flash device following the instructions of the Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit User Guide in Appendix A but the Quartus II Programmer shows three errors and th...
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17 years ago

It probably means that the FPGA doesn't have the correct configuration in it to program your config memory from JTAG.

What sort of file are you using to program it? If you're programming a serial config device from JTAG then you need a .jic.

If you're using a .pof file then you need to connect straight to the config memory - i.e. not through JTAG - check that the prog / run switch is in the correct position.