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OK, we don't have a method to write it any more. We used to but lost that capability when the person responsible for it left. We failed to identify that as a problem until now, almost 5 years later... oops!
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Oops indeed!
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I believe we have an EPC16UC88 chip that is the flash. The device in question I believe is FLEX 10K device. Am I correct in believing the FLEX 10K is irrelevant we only need to communicate with the EPC chip?
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EPC16 sounds a little too new. The FLEX10K designs I have use an EPC2 EEPROM. Do you have schematic of the board? Do you have the EPC2 (or whatever it is) connected via JTAG?
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Will the free edition software work with the EPC16UC88 and the "bit-blaster" parallel port hardware we currently have? If you don't know the answer to that do you know how I could answer that question for myself?
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You should be able to have Quartus answer that question for you. If you can get the cable recognized, then you can scan the JTAG chain on the board.
The FLEX10K devices can be programmed using version 9.0SP2.
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If you know that won't work, do you know what I need to purchase?
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If I could see the schematic, I could tell you.
Send it to my email address if you want, I'll delete it once I answer your questions.
Cheers,
Dave
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