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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Do MaxII devices verify flash contents before configuring at power on?

In FMEA analysis of a board using a MaxII CPLD the question came up, do the MaxII devices perform some kind of CRC or checksum check on the configuration flash (CFM) contents before configuration? In...
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13 years ago

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You could answer ALTERA via a service request (I'm interested in the response too ;-) ).

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We'll see, I made a service request.

Regarding FPGAs, at least Cyclone III documentation seems to indicate there is some kind of error checking during configuration but again the details aren't included.