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humandude
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2 years ago
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How to set up a third-party serial flash device in Quartus Prime Programmer 18.1 Lite

Hello, I have a question about third-party serial flash memory devices. For STMicroelectronic's serial flash memory ST M25P16, how do I add this device to my Quartus Prime Programmer device list? Wh...
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    FvM
    2 years ago
    Hi,
    Quartus programmer has no option to define serial flash, only CFI flash.
    You can define serial flash in programming file converter tool. As said, it's not necessary in case of M25P16.
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FvM
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2 years ago

Hi,
M25P16 is no CFI flash, it's however fully compatible with EPCS16, even sharing the ID. Unfortunately it's obsolete since many years.

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    humandude
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    2 years ago

    Are you saying that I could select EPCS16 as the configuration device in the programmer and it would be able to communicate with the M25P16 as if it were an EPCS16?

    I am also still curious as to why the application would not let me add a new configuration device. Hmm.

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      FvM
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      2 years ago
      Hi,
      Quartus programmer has no option to define serial flash, only CFI flash.
      You can define serial flash in programming file converter tool. As said, it's not necessary in case of M25P16.