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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

The serial flash loader can only be used on Cyclones III or later, so with a Cyclone II you will have to put a connector to configure the flash memory, in addition to the JTAG connector. Have a look at figure 13-7 in this document (http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/cyc2/cyc2_cii51013.pdf). (and you should read all this document, it has interesting information about configuration).