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16 years ago

nStatus unconnected on cyc1

Hi, I have a design which the nStatus pin is not connected to pull up. This situation is probably the reason that i cant configure the FPGA in AS mode. But, when can configure the FPG...
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16 years ago

Mostly embedded processors are using PS instead of JTAG for configuration because the protocol is simple. In my opinion, the interface is documented by Altera, there are also embedded software examples. But basically you are sending a binary bitstream using the PS specifcation in the hardware manual.

JTAG can work as well.