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14 years ago

how can i configure CycloneII without cable?

hi everybody !!!

First of all, sorry for my english but i'm french. So my problem it's i want to configure a cycloneII without cable (usbblaster, byteblaster...). Actually i want to do this with a microprocesseur as explain in configuration handbook in PS configuration parts and i don't know how to configure the external memory flash (EPCS16) throught the microprocesseur.

i hope i was clear and thanks for your help.

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    14 years ago

    In my opinion, FPGA can be configured without a cable, it is the PS.

    I did so using MCU(8051) several years before.The steps are following:

    1.translate configure file(like .pof) to hex;

    2.copy data in hex file to a array in C file included in MCU project;

    3.realize the configure timing using c code(function like write_fpga);

    4.then download .out file to MCU,and excute.

    MCU(8051) will write the data in .pof to FPGA,and finally FPGA be configured and go.