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11 years ago

How to generate .hexout File for MAX10 Devices

Hi. On cyclone devices, it was easy to get a .hex file by using the "convert programming file" tool. Now, when i try to get a hexout out of a .sof file, it shows a message "Device 10M08SAE144ES does ...
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11 years ago

I'm glad you were able to get the data you required.

You do not have to have an Avalon Bus for the Remote Update Core. But the problem, is as of Quartus 15.0 at least, this core is not available for the MAX10.

The other problem, is Altera hasn't always provided a simulation model for this IP, so it's a bit of a hack to get it to work.

We have it working for one of our systems with a simple UART interface to a remote external CPU that writes through the remote update IP using a statemachine to manage everything.

Pete