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PedroJServian
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6 months ago
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Doubts about the download of the configuration of Cyclone 10 LP

Hi colleagues, I am a newbie FPGA programmer of Cyclone 10 LP. I programmed MAX10 FPGAs but for my actual design I needed to migrate to 10CL040YF484I7G device. When I programmed for the MAX10 devic...
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    6 months ago
    I'm referring to maximal binary image size, e.g. .rbf file, it's specified in device handbook configuration chapter. An actual design will be usually smaller but flash should be chosen for maximal size.
    When using suggested flash programming through JTAG, you'll convert design .sof to .jic with Programming File Converter tool.
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PedroJServian
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6 months ago

Hi @FvM ,

What do you refer to configuration image? The file in .sop or .pof format. I have just compiled the previous project I had in my MAX10 FPGA and those files .sof and .pof only required 716KB and 315KB respectively.

However, I just took that project, I changed the device and the compilations I got gave me that those files require 1152KB(.sof) and 2049KB. I thought that maybe the program image was the .jic file that I converted but it required 16000KB. I can assure you that the design is not very complex so it can't be that it exceeded the 9Mbit of maximum image you told.

Where can I found the weight of the configuration image you told so I could size the correct memory of the external flash?

Thank you!!

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FvM
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6 months ago
I'm referring to maximal binary image size, e.g. .rbf file, it's specified in device handbook configuration chapter. An actual design will be usually smaller but flash should be chosen for maximal size.
When using suggested flash programming through JTAG, you'll convert design .sof to .jic with Programming File Converter tool.
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    PedroJServian
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    6 months ago

    Hi @FvM

    Than you againt for your help. I feel a little bit lost with this part of hardware.

    Have a nice day

    Pedro