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WhittierChen
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3 years ago

Does the jic file in flash play a role in the download process of the sof file

During the test of our products, we found that the FPGA did not work properly. We downloaded a SOF file on the FPGA under the test environment and found that the NIOS software program started normall...
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KellyJialin_Goh
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3 years ago

Hi,

Greetings and welcome to Intel's forum.

Here are some relevant information on your queries:

To generate .jic programming files with the Intel® Quartus® Prime software, you must first generate a user-specified SRAM object file (.sof), which is the input file. Next, you must convert the .sof to a .jic file using the Convert Programming File dialog box.


To integrate a NIOS II software project executable ELF file into a Quartus II hardware project SOF file, you may refer to this video for further information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joFaxLY-rUE


Hope this could clear your doubts.

Thank you.

Regards,

Kelly