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jalon5
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6 years ago

How to program a FPGA cyclone IV EP4CE15F17I7?

I want to program a FPGA cyclone IV EP4CE15F17I7 but I do not know how to do it. I would like to know how I could do it also how to get a source file of one FPGA for programing another with the same ...
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AnandRaj_S_Intel
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6 years ago

Hi Juan,

Yes, FPGA do not have a ROM memory internally but we can use external rom like EPCS device as flash.

Now you have to read the configuration image (.pof) from external flash.

To get source files from flash, You have you use the flash loader to establish a bridge between flash and cable. Refer below link

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/documentation/mwh1410805299012.html

After loading flash loader (sof) in FPGA auto-detect and use the Examine feature in the Quartus® II Programmer to read back the .pof. You can then save this file and use it to program other EPCS devices

Regards

Anand