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14 years ago

FPGA replace CPLD

I have a hdl program with several array such as [31:0] , [12:0] and [16:0] , only FPGA can holds such a large memory , one problem I faced is no NIOS II CPU is used and wish to remember the program a...
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14 years ago

You can program a serial flash with a USB blaster and the Quartus programmer. You can either put a contact on your board for the USB blaster to connect it directly to the flash, or on some FPGAs use the Serial Flash Loader design that will let the Quartus programmer access the flash through JTAG.

Which FPGA are you using?