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10 years ago

Cyclone IV configuration - nCONFIG signal and JTAG programming issue

Hi, I have a custom board for EP4CE22E22 Cyclone IV FPGA. I have configured the board for JTAG only mode and using USB Blaster Rev.B for programming. The problem I am facing is that JTAG Scan f...
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10 years ago

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Well done on fixing nCONFIG. You still need to check all the power and ground pins are connected up. Beyond that the bare minimum you need to allow JTAG to work is:

nCE low.

nCONFIG pulled up.

nSTATUS pulled up.

MSEL pins connected to GND or VCCA (2.5V).

DCLK & DATA0 at valid levels.

Cheers,

Alex

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Thanks Alex. JTAG is working now and I am getting correct IDCODE. Now when I try to program any SOF file, the progress bar moves till 75% and then programming Fails. Is there a way to know what operation is failing during JTAG programming ? Further I am using EP4CE22E22 Chip while "AUTO DETECT" operation shows only EP4CE22.