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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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Confirmed, Winbond W25Q128JV works as a EPCQ128A when using Quartus 17.1.

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ilkkak,

That's a relief to hear. Just to be sure I understand, your board boots now? We're making a board with the exact same Winbond chip (W25Q128JV except smaller WSON 6x5 mm package) in Active Serial x1 mode and it would be nice to know if it will work. We were going to have to switch to a different FPGA vendor if we could not find a FLASH solution.