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13 years ago

Stratix IV 530 Dev. PCB factory_recovery mismatch

I inherited this Stratix IV 530 Dev. board which I can not program the CFI FLASH. I am following the guide but there is a mismatch somewhere. When I try to restore the factory recovery setting of the...
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13 years ago

FYI: I can confirm that I get the same "input file is too large error" for Quartus v11.1sp1 and v12.1. Which version are you using?

If you try and verify the image in flash, the programmer crashes (Quartus 12.1 generates an Abort under Windows 7). I don't find that particularly encouraging :(

I'll continue looking at the Stratix IV GX kit tomorrow, but tonight I'll have a play with a Cyclone IV GX Starter Kit - I'm pretty sure I've used the nios2-flash-programmer successfully with that kit.

Cheers,

Dave