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DDomm1
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6 years ago

How to configure Cyclone 10 LP with Active Serial Configuration?

I have a custom board with a Cyclone 10CL016 and EPCQ16A. I can generate a .pof file from Quartus and using a USB Blaster I can program the EPCQ16A. But the Cyclone 10 never configures when I apply p...
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6 years ago

Perhaps I am confused about the configuration of the Cyclone 10 devices. I can create a .JIC file but I believe this does not help me. (The Quartus Programmer does not even allow to select a .jic file when the hardware is a USB Blaster).

The generation of a .JIC file seems to require different programming hardware? And a JTAG connection?

To save space we do not have a JTAG connector on the custom board. We only have a 10-pin header which is connected to an EPCQ16A and to the 10CL016Y. We have always used a USB Blaster to program the serial configuration device (e.g. EPCS4 or EPCQ16). On power up (based on MSEL pins), the FPGA would program its SRAM via active serial configuration with data from the configuration device (EPCS or EPCQ).