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11 years ago

Migrate to new Spansion SPI NOR Flash for AS configuration

Hi, I've found Spansion app note which give S25FL064P replacement part for EPCS64. Unfortunatly, this device doesn't exist in SO8 (208mil) and i wan't to "size upgrade" a EPCS16 device in SO8 ...
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11 years ago

Sorry, I misread your package requirements. I don't think Micron offer that package in that density.

As for compatibility, the Quartus programmer isn't particularly fussy. I've used a number of 3rd party parts, all with success, with the Quartus programmer. Providing it's basic capacity is one the programmer supports (64Mb/EPCS64 is) you should be OK.

However, if you're intending to use the NiosII flash programmer you are very likely to have to add the particular part details to a file the programmer considers when programming device. This thread: nios2-flash-override.txt (http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44094&highlight=%22nios2-flash-override.txt%22) discusses how to do this. The Nios flash programmer supports a number of devices by default and it needs to be told how to support others.

Cheers,

Alex