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8 years ago

MAX 10 FPGA power-on/configuration error

I have a custom board with a 10M25SAE144xxx part that I am trying to bring up, but the device seems to be failing configuration at power-on. This is a single-supply device, and power is applied thro...

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8 years ago

Hi plewis,

Regarding your comment..

"i did get this resolved by replacing the part"

really implies that 'bad FPGAs' are making past Altera / Intel's quality check process and making to the market?! This is quite troubling..

I am right now facing a similar Configuration problem, where the only path left seems to be, is to try a different board / FPGA chip.

Also from another forum post (https://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56631), it appears that JTAG configuration problems are erratic and unpredictable.

The discussion in the referred post raises troubling questions about the 'reliability' of the JTAG configuration, which one expects to be really robust, considering it's importance.