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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

I assume he meant we should use ECPQXXX of the same size as the Winbond chip. It's not clear why we needed 17.1. Perhaps it generates a slightly different programming file. I'll ask him.

I had trouble downloading 17.1 as well but it finally worked albeit slowly. Probably too many people doing at once for a new rev.