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16 years ago

Process involved in loading POF file from flash

I am currently in the process in trying to make a custom board that has a FPGA. One of the things I want it to do, is to be able to power on and load a POF file without having to be programmed throug...
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16 years ago

The last part you mentioned is confusing me but I might just be missing something. When I loaded my pof file into the dev board all I did was program the pfl into the fpga and then I added my CFI flash device and then added the pof file. Is this process using the MAX II as well?

Otherwise I only see the MAX II being used as a way to load the FPGA via a PFL that is inside the device more or less taking the data from flash to FPGA instead of FPGA to flash.