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Altera_Forum
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9 years ago

SOF and POF difference

Hi, I am new to the fpga and have started working on it. I have a question, what are sof and pof files generated at the end of the compilation. Also why is the sof file wipes off when you powe...
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8 years ago

I answered in your other thread: the .sof first programs the FPGA with the the parallel flash loader to allow the .pof to go through it and program the QSPI.