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8 years ago

Cyclone V Configuration Devices

I've got a Terasic Cyclone V GX development board. I removed the EPCQ256 configuration device and am testing two other alternatives (Macronix MX25L257 and Cypress S25FL128). I created a simple proj...
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8 years ago

What I hear you saying is that I should stick with the EPCQ256 for my production design.

The whole problem of configuration devices for Altera FPGAs is getting worse and worse. They are either very large (often larger than the FPGA itself) and/or very expensive (often more expensive than the FPGA itself). The MAX10, with internal configuration FLASH, overcomes this problem to some degree, but has its own hassles when it come to remote configuration.