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18 years ago

Howmany times program in EPS1 flash

Hi !! The FPGA device can be programmed at any time using the JTAG port (using a .sof file), or by the EPCS1 serial flash device at board power up. Here my question is Howmany times we ...
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18 years ago

I believe that the EPCS devices are certified for 100 write cycles.

Typically, when you are developing a design, you download directly from the PC into the FPGA with the .sif file, check things out, then if you like the design, you make the .pof file, then write it into the EPCS.

I hope this helps.