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13 years ago

Cyclon III + EPCS16 programming

Hello, I'm quite new to Cyclon FPGAs. Just got my new custom board made and was happy that it JTAGed using TerasicBlaster and FPGA works fine. The problem is that program is not reloaded ...
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13 years ago

It depends on how you have your FPGA configuration hooked up. I use an EPCS16 device in active serial configuration and I program it by making a .jic file. This can be done using the convert programming files tool from the menu File->convert programming files. You then select which EPCS device you are using, the cyclone device you are using, and the .sof file.

Edit: Here is a pdf explaining the different configurations http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/cyc/cyc_c51013.pdf