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RandyR
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4 years ago

Programming a CycloneV device when not using the SoC

This is a follow on post............ If I use a CycloneV device, but do not intend to use the SoC portion, is there a programmer setting that will not require jumping through hoops as described ab...
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YuanLi_S_Intel
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4 years ago

Please let me know if my understanding is not correct. So you are asking why the quartus will show all the devices in the JTAG chain when click "auto-detect"? Why will it not automatically remove the non-essential device in the JTAG when you attach the JIC?


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RandyR
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4 years ago

Yaun, the basic question is why I have to go through a series of 10 steps to program my part, when Quartus has all the information to set up the programmer correctly. I suppose the answer is that no one is working on anything related to older FPGAs anymore, and that no resources are available unless requested by a major customer. I understand and accept that.

Normally ease of use issues can be ignored, especially if they only occur rarely. My problem is that I must repeat the same series of steps over and over as I grade assignments.

Feel free to close this thread, I feel as through we are going around in a circle on this.