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11 years ago

Cyclone V E active serial load from N25Q00 QUAD SPI FLASH

Hi All, I'm trying to use Micron N25Q00 1Gbit serial QUAD SPI FLASH to load Cyclone V E (A7) using active serial interface. I currently have boards that have Cyclone V 5CEFA7U19C8 and are l...
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11 years ago

Hi Dave,

I've read through the Spansion app note, but there is not much relevant information there.

I also downloaded and looked the SRunner source code.

SRunner uses .rpd files to download the FPGA image. It seems to me the file is written as raw data into the EPCS flash.

Using the Convert Programming Files menu in Quartus I generated .rpd file for active serial and disabled ID check in the advanced menu. Active Serial is available as an option for .rdp files, but is not available for .rbf files.

I've compared the .rpd and .rbf files and they look the same in the beginning, but are different after that.

I've also programmed the .rpd file in the 64M FLASH, but it does not work.

I'm not sure what else to try.

It seems like the problem comes down to how to generate .rbf file for Active Serial configuration with the ID check disabled.

Thanks,

Krassimir