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16 years ago

Serial Configuration Devices (EPCS16) question / Fast Read

I have a question about one of the operations being used in AS Configuration. My FPGA is Cyclone-III, and my AS Configuration device is EPCS16. I can see (using the scope) that upon AS Config...
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15 years ago

AFAIK the FPGA decodes the stream as it receives it, and knows exactly when it has received all the bits it needs to complete its own programming cycle (taking into account any compression on the configuration data as well).