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13 years ago

Program MAX V via .svf file

Hi folks, I am evaluating a MAX V CPLD for a small university project, although I have not much experience with CPLDs, yet. As I understood, the Quartus software generates file containing ...
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13 years ago

Hi Arne,

I have a similar requirement; I want to program a MAX II via JTAG using an FT232H in MPSSE mode.

I was going to look at writing a programmer using the FTDI DLLs. I hadn't really thought about using OpenOCD, but that would save me some programming and would confirm that its possible.

What is your experience with OpenOCD; are you using it under Linux or Windows?

Based on your feedback, I'll install OpenOCD in a VirtualBox VM and use an FT232H cable (C232HM) to program a MAX II PCI kit. If that works, then your MAX V design will work fine too.

Cheers,

Dave