Program Multiple FPGA

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you normally generate a pof or sof for each ppga an then tell the programmer which chip to load which sof or pof. I never heard of one pof/sof for multiple devices

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I know that - however when I use Convert Programming Files - with three sof files for the three FPGAs - and generate a single POF file - the file contains 3 pages. Which page corresponds to which FPGA? Page 0 - First FPGA?

In MY system PIN nCEO on FPGA 1 is connected to nCE on FPGA 2.

hello.

> Which page corresponds to which FPGA? Page 0 - First FPGA?

> In MY system PIN nCEO on FPGA 1 is connected to nCE on FPGA 2.

yes you are right.

I have done this before.

you told us you have 3 pages, FPGA3's nCE is also connected to FPGA2's nCEO, right?

if number of pages that are contained in pof file does not match with number of FPGA, your configuration will not done correctly.

you can check that by probing conf_done pin of each FPGA.

does it help you?

bye

if your circuit is connected like this document on page 258

https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/cyclone-v/cv_5v2.pdf

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hello.

> Which page corresponds to which FPGA? Page 0 - First FPGA?

> In MY system PIN nCEO on FPGA 1 is connected to nCE on FPGA 2.

yes you are right.

I have done this before.

you told us you have 3 pages, FPGA3's nCE is also connected to FPGA2's nCEO, right?

if number of pages that are contained in pof file does not match with number of FPGA, your configuration will not done correctly.

you can check that by probing conf_done pin of each FPGA.

does it help you?

bye

if your circuit is connected like this document on page 258

https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/cyclone-v/cv_5v2.pdf

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My circuit is connected as shown in:

https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/hb/cyc/cyc_c51013.pdf

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I have 3 pages

I have 3 FPGAs

FPGA 1 nCEO connected to FPGA 2 nCE

FPGA 2 nCEO connected to FPGA 3 nCE

FPGA 3 nCEO NOT CONNECTED.

MY QUESTION:

SHOULD PAGE 0 Contain the file for FPGA 1?

SHOULD PAGE 1 Contain the file for FPGA 2?

SHOULD PAGE 2 Contain the file for FPGA 3?

OR

Should it be the other way around?

hello, this is Akira.

I think I forgot one thing.

you told me, you made 3 pages.

but my old project says, you make one sof-page.

and add three files.

do you understand difference?

see attached file.

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When adding multiple sof files to a pof file, they go in the order they are in the JTAG chain. File 1 to first FPGA in the chain, etc.

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Many Thanks - This answers all my queries.