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18 years ago

cyclone iii +jtag and prom interface

i am doing a project using altera cyclone iii fpga. i need to connect jtag and also the serial configuration device. i have referred the hand book available in the site. but there is a bid confuse on...
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18 years ago

The said EPCS controller is named SFL (serial flash loader).

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You can either program the flash with the Flash Programmer GUI in the NIOS 2 IDE (you don't need a nios core for that) or from the nios2 command shell.

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For general designs (non NIOS II), the programming can be done from Quartus II programmer.