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10 years ago

Programming the ArriaV -> where the data is kept?

Hi All, I just programmed the Fabric portion of ArriaV using Altera Blaster. Everything works perfect, but when I power down the board, all the programmed contents are violated. Why? Wher...
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10 years ago

The configuration data in Arria V is kept in SRAM cells, so when you power down the device your configuration data is gone. There are Flash based FPGAs like MAX 10, but Arria V needs some external configuration device to store your application.