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16 years ago

CONF_DONE pin not going high when trying to program Cyclone III with an SOF file

I have a problem very much similar to a thread posted some time back but the solution mentioned for that ie connecting nCE pin to ground is not working in my case. Actually nCE is already connected t...
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15 years ago

I dont remember if i had anything else other than probing at various points. Try providing a capacitor between DCLK and gnd.

"trying to program with signaltap also gives no errors though it still prompts me to program my device (again and again after programming..)"

Do you mean that you are not able to program through sof file also?

Check for any reset that you may have provided to fpga . you can also connect an LED to any fpga pin and drive that to see if fpga is configured anytime.