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16 years ago

know factory settings for CycloneIII

Hi, I am new to FPGA designs. I want to Develop a board which will have a CycloneIII device. This device has to be configured by an parallel flash (P30). I am really confused abt the first t...
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16 years ago

Yes. In the active configuration modes, either AS (active serial) for serial flash or AP (active parallel), the FPGA starts to read the configuration after power-on reset or an external configuration request. JTAG configuration and boundary scan function is always available, independant of the selected configuration scheme.