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8 years ago

Config Flash EPCQ4A Cylone II

Hello there I want to replace the configflash EPCS4SI8N with the EPCQ4ASI8A. The flash is used to configure a Cyclone II chip. In the product discontinuance notification is written, that the ...
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8 years ago

Regarding compatible third party flash devices, I found that Winbond W25Q16 works for me as a replacement of EPCS16 respectively Micron M25P16 and EPCS4/M25P40. There are more potentially compatible devices, but I didn't yet check it. You can use larger or smaller 64kB sector devices without making new programming files as long as image fits the available memory.