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15 years ago

SFL Production System

I am using an EPC40 in AS mode with an EPCS16 flash device. Our design is complete and works as expected when programming directly to the AS device. Now for our production environment we are tr...
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15 years ago

The Quartus programmer needs a .jic file to program an EPCS through the SFL, and doesn't automatically do the convertion from a .sof. I don't really know the reason for this limitation, as it adds some extra steps.

You need to convert your .sof into a .jic, and then use the programmer to flash it into the EPCS chip. Have a look at an370 (http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an370.pdf) for more details.