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15 years ago

Program a FLASH memory though FPGA

Hello, I would like to program the flash memory (EPCS for exemple) by a uP connected to the FPGA by a serial link SPI. The first download would be done by JTAG connector. But the updates...
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15 years ago

Hi,

in your case, you should use the Active Serial configuration mode.

You can use the SFL to write the EPCS via JTAG.

You can use the ASMI (Altera Serial Memory Interface) in your design to write (and read) the EPCS device. It's up to you to make the interface between the ASMI and the SPI, though.