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9 years ago

Can an FPGA partially fail? (EPM7128SLI84-10)

Hi All, I have a production run of 110 plug in modules that each use a single EPM7128SLI84-10, two of these devices are suspected of failing as the modules show exactly the same fault in that 8...
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9 years ago

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Hi

We have tried a USB to 232 converter with Max Plus + II, which was the original software used. As expected we had enormous trouble with 'drivers' for both items and even the Max Plus S/W messed around for a while before we could beat it into submission (apparently by simply reloading it continuously). We gave up eventually and our customer now has the gear and is looking to buy 'new' hardware and software - hopefully that is driven directly from a USB port!

Cheers

James

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Did you try with Quartus? if you're not recompiling, then qaurtus (up to V9) should work just fine.