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18 years ago

Problem with flash programmer

Hi, I am sure it is a beginner problem but I am not able to find an answer in the help of NiosII. I would like to program my FPGA (http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-dsp-...
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18 years ago

If I'm not mistaken, I think you have to have the firmware (with NIOS core) programmed into the FPGA at least once before you can program using this method. So, program your sof file using the Quartus programmer for the very first time and then repeat what you have done. Once the NIOS firmware is in FLASH and can be booted at power-on, you should be OK.