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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

ilkkak,

I think we did something very stupid and maybe you can confirm. We got the W25Q128JVPim parts (with emphasis on the IM) which apparently defaults to standard serial. I think maybe we should have gotten the W25Q128Piq parts which defaults to Quad SPI.

Does your board use all four data lines (AS_DATA0 to AS_DATA3) as in Fig 7-13 of the Cyclone V datasheet?

Thanks for your help. This is all very confusing.

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