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16 years ago

It is possible to check FPGA silicon revision via JTAG chain?

Hi, We used M4K memory block in Cyclone II chip and these RAMs did not always work correctly. According to the errata sheet of Cyclone II FPGA Family, it may be caused by FPGA silicon revisi...
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16 years ago

According to the *.BSD files, the ID-code has this meaning: 

attribute IDCODE_REGISTER of EP2C8T144 : entity is
  "0000"&               --4-bit Version
  "0010000010110010"&   --16-bit Part Number (hex 20B2)
  "00001101110"&        --11-bit Manufacturer's Identity
  "1";                  --Mandatory LSB

In my understanding, the version field should represent the silicon revision.