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Occasional ContributorCyclone V with or w/o E Hard Memory Controller - programming file compatibility
Hello CNiclaes,
"But when I change the target device from 5CEBxxx to 5CEFxxx in Quartus and compile the same design, the generated programming files are exactly the same!"
- Yes I think it's might look like a same one but the targeted device has been changed.
- To confirm this parameter, you can check your QSF file and observe the targeted device parameter.
"That's why I ask a confirmation from Intel that such a design will work on either chip?"
- Yes the design should be working fine with the targeted device.
Occasional ContributorThanks for your reply, but it seems that my question was not clear enough.
My design doesn't use any hard or soft memory controller.
In the meantime I tested to compile the design by just replacing the "B" device by the "F" device and the generated RBF file is exactly the same, so I suppose I can use it with either one device or the other.
Another fact is related to the Quartus Programmer. When connecting a ByteBlaster for SOF file programming the programmer ask if it is a "B" or an "F", meaning it can't make the difference.
But I would like to have an official confirmation from Intel I can do that before purchasing and assembling "F" version on my boards instead of "B" version.
