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cheye
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6 years ago

What does .pof file need to be converted to for MAX10 onchip CFM flash programming

Hi, While it is pretty clear that the UFM sections of the onchip Flash memory on MAX10 FPGAs are programmed with .hex files (and as the name suggests the.hex file is just a bunch of hex values), int...
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cheye
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6 years ago

Hi,

I want to program the CFM part of the MAX10 onchip flash memory. Access to this on-chip flash memory is across a SPI interface.

A processor on a Stratix10 will send the configuration file across SPI (from SPI master to SPI slave), and a DMA module on the MAX10 transfers this file to the MAX10 CFM or UFM, depending what w e are configuring)>

Programming UFM is easy enough via SPI, and it works in our system. A UFM file can be in the .hex format, so we have raw hex data.

But into what does the .pof/.sof file need to be converted in order to program the onchip flash memory on the MAX10 (CFM part)I.

Is it this .rpd file you mention above?

I just created on, and opened it, but that still seems to be some kind of binary?