My first experience with altera (MAX 10). And it didn't go well...

Hello everybody,

Thank you for this, perhaps there is a solution there. I don't mind adapting a JAM STAPL player source code into my MPU... if the source code is OK (the link seems to be very old stuff, late 90's at first glance). Can I have confidence with compatibility especially MAX10 ?

I'm very reluctant to add additional hardware for some sort of "usb-blaster like" device, so why not ? In fact, I saw some stuff about STAPL but the documentation was so bad that I couldn't really understand what is it and what this involves. C source code is so much better. During my research, I didn't find this software section on the website.

Just for "fun", I took a look at the Xinlinx Spartan 6 (I can not use it because of the packages) and the programming documentation. What a difference ! Everything is clear, well explained, SPI or JTAG, whatever. Time diagrams, definitions, schematics (both master ans slave situations). Xilinx doesn't no seems to consider the slave configuration (MPU programming the FPGA) as something alien as Altera seems to do... Even JTAG programming is perfectly described. Shame on you Altera !

I'll take a look at the JAM player idea. If I could get something usable, I would publish all source code and results on PIC32 implementation. I'm pretty sure it would interest some people.

By the way, I could be perceived as a whinger, but I'm only French. Which could explain a lot.

Jerome.