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18 years ago

MAX II Dev. kit programming

Hi, I enconter a strage phenomena: when I try to program the EPM1270F256CS5 I imediatly get an error: "Error: Operation failed" (the progarming is not started at all). This accures with every f...
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18 years ago

Hi Frank/guys,

Problem solved ! :)

Yes, the kit is from 2004 and the part has an "ES" extension. As you have said, it's programming file is not compatible with the standard production chips (there is an erata document at Altera site).

The problem is that all new Quartus version do not support the "ES" chip !

I had to install Quartus 4.1 (the disk came with the kit) - there you can select the "ES" version.

After that I could program the kit.

Thanks frank, you were very helpfull.

Ran