Forum Discussion

Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
18 years ago

JTAG mode VS PS mode

hello to all...again, i have read "http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/cyc2/cyc2_cii51013.pdf" so Justin suggested me yesterday. i don't have understand the difference between ps mode configurat...
Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
18 years ago

Hi stefania,

- JTAG mode is good for debugging purpose (downloading bitstream, probing internal nodes with Quartus JTAG tools ...)

- PS mode is used to program FPGA from a controller (MCU or CPLD config controller for example). It is much more intended for on field ISP programming.

Hope it will help.