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Honored ContributorHelp!!! .pof file
I'm a newbies of Altera software. May I know how do I open .pof file any software can use? Thanks. :)
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Altera_ForumThe pof file is used by the Programmer, accessible directly inside the Quartus II environment.
Have you installed Quartus II?- Altera_Forum--- Quote Start --- The pof file is used by the Programmer, accessible directly inside the Quartus II environment. Have you installed Quartus II? --- Quote End --- Yup, I have Quartus II. Can I view the contents with Quartus II? Is .pof file is a program source code?
- Altera_Forum
I don't think Altera lets you view *.pof and *.sof files. You can only use them to program your FPGA using the Quartus II programmer...
- Altera_Forum--- Quote Start --- I don't think Altera lets you view *.pof and *.sof files. You can only use them to program your FPGA using the Quartus II programmer... --- Quote End --- Do you mean .pof is some sort like machine code (.hex)? Which Altera file extension can view the source code?
- Altera_Forum
What I am saying is that, I don't think Altera wants you to be able to read pof files...
Why do you need to read them anyways?? - Altera_Forum
The pof file is the binary file for programming the configuration memory. You could view it in any binary file viewer f you like but it won't tell you much - it's just a load of binary stuff.
Source code could be .vhd or .v or .bdf or .tdf or probably many others depending on the language.
