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17 years ago

CPU instead of USB-Blaster

Moin, On my design i have a CyclonII (2C35), which normally gets its config from a EPCS16. Programming the EPCS16 can be done by USB-Blaster via the the 2C35. So far no problem. In additio...
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17 years ago

I assume you don't program EPCS through Cyclone, you program it through the Active Serial which linked to both EPCS and FPGA. If you wanna programm EPCS directly from CPU just add it to the AS bus and implement protocol. Read "Serial configuration devices datasheet" and "configuration" chapter in Cyclone datasheet.