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NKuma51
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7 years ago

I'm not able to program the external flash device (which stores the FPGA configuration programming file) with the FPGA programming file (.jic file) using USB blaster II, JTAG and Quartus Prime standard edition 16.1.2 software.

Note that I'm not using the intel/altera recommended external flash device in my project, I m using something similar from different manufacturer. ​Is instantiating the Serial Flash Loader IP inside...
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ShafiqY_Intel
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7 years ago

Hi NKumar51,

If you are using Serial Flash Loader IP in your design, you must use intel/altera recommended flash. Otherwise, we wouldn't guarantee different manufacturer flash will work with our IP.

However, if you want to use different manufacturer flash in you design, I suggest you to migrate to Quartus Prime 18.1.1 and above.

In Quartus Prime 18.1.1 and above, you can use:

  • Generic Serial Flash Interface Intel FPGA IP - get access to 3rd party flash
  • Generic Flash Programmer - Create custom 3rd party flash and program to the FPGA (refer below Picture)

I hope this will help.

Thanks.😉