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Altera_Forum
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10 years ago

Checksum of the SOF file

When I download any sof file into the SRAM cells of the FPGA, in the programmer window there is a random checksum ID specific to some design. SOF file when edited using a textpad shows few english...
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10 years ago

Tricky, It would make sense if it was. However, I'm not convinced it is. A quick play around in python, and with an independent CRC32 calculator, reveals consistent results but different values as compared to the Checksum the Quartus programmer displays.

Cheers,

Alex