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14 years ago

Flash Loader IP loading failure

I have read several posts on this topic in the forum. But my problem is different, so I would like to seek any advice from you.

I have two identical boards, which have been working well for quite a long time. Then all of a sudden, for some unkown reason, one board can't be configured by its configuration device (EPCS16) after power up.

When I tried to re-program it using the jic file (this is the way these two boards got programmed in the beginning), I found I can't even do so. Quartus returns with an error "Flash loader IP not loaded on device 1".

I found there is no signal on DCLK during programming. Does that mean the FPGA is actually faulty?

The following is the message returned from Quartus programmer.

I really appreciate your opinion.

Thanks!

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    14 years ago

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    "Flash loader IP not loaded on device 1"

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    Refers to the fact, that no configuration containing the flash loader has been loaded to the FPGA, or that a reconfiguration has been triggered somehow after loading it. The problem may be related to failing AS configuration, but not necessarily. I would check power supplies and circuitry connected to configuration pins in the first place.

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