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14 years ago

How convert Hex file to SOF, POF or any format for use with USB Blaster

Hello in past I design aplication for FPGA, the programming is in system for a microporcessor, this take the information from memory flash and send to FPGA, this is OK, but I lost the design file and...
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14 years ago

Converting a hex file to a sof or pof file isn't possible because the sof->hex conversion is lossy (though most of the things which are lost aren't that interesting - just dates and strings)

You might be able to convert it to a pof file with a couple of hours work - the format is available on the web - start with a blank pof file for the right device and replace the contents of the appropriate section with the data from the hex file