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Do you need the EEPROM? If you have to plug the module into a USB port, then there is no harm in just programming the device when you need it.
I'm pretty sure the FPGA pins on the JTAG header go to the JTAG pins on the FPGA. It would have been better if they went to the MPSSE pins, since if you want to use SignalTap, you have to use a USB-Blaster. If the board did have an EPCS4, then you can use the FPGA to program it.
Cheers,
Dave
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sadly my project needs the FPGA to be configured the second the board gets power and i don't have control over when the user might run some software to configure it (the dot matrix display the FPGA is updating needs constant scanning or it can burn out!!)
so i definitely need the EPCS4
that's good to know you can use JTAG to program the EPCS4, ill have to play around with this method in the future :)
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