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17 years ago

Cyclone III Passive Serial Configuration

Hi all, I'm just debugging a design with a Cyclone III EP3C25, and have run into a problem: I have wired the circuit following PS configuration, as per the datasheets. My configuration d...
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12 years ago

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I don't know, what's exactly the reason, why EPC devices can't be used with Cyclobe III, but the convert programming files tool says so. It can, however, generate programming files for Cyclone and Cyclone II. This is also clearly stated in the configuration handbook.

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In reality, can EPC devices be used with Cyclobe IV GX for PS configuration?

Did anyone try it by himself?

Some EPC devices ( EPC4, EPC8 and EPC16 ) are not even listed in convert programming files in Quartus 12.1 sp1.

But older EPC1, EPC2 are listed :wacko: