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14 years ago

Cyclone II Configuration Basics

I am designing with the EPC3C5F256C8N. I will initially configure with the EPCS4 and then,later, configure from a serial flash via a microcontroller. I have been digging through the Altera...
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14 years ago

I'm not sure at which app note you're looking (although I suspect) but trust me on this: you just fire up the "Convert Programming File" dialog, make a .JIC from the .SOF and program it using the Programmer tool. No changes to your design are needed.

JTAG allows you to download configurations directly into the FPGA (much faster than programming the PROM), to use SignalTap for debugging, etc.

Quite honestly, not having JTAG is... insane.