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14 years ago

Extracting .jic from cyclone III

Hi, Does anybody know if it is possible at all to extract and copy/open/read/write a design from a .jic file already installed on a Cyclone III FPGA? If yes, what are the ways to prevent ...
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14 years ago

To avoid someone stealing and cloning your CIII design, you need an external device.

Please refer to this page on Altera website for a description of security issues:

http://www.altera.com/devices/fpga/cyclone3/overview/security/cy3-security.html

There are also a few white papers (e.g. WP-01111, WP-01033, WP-M2DSGN-01) which address this problem.

I myself implemented the solution proposed in wp01033.