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16 years ago

Stratix III Remote Update

Hi all, for a Stratix III design I'm trying to choose an embedded reconfiguration scheme. Ideally I want to select a scheme where I can update the configuration device via a serial port with...
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16 years ago

Hi again Jake,

For the SIII device - in Chapter 11 Configuring SIII Devices doc table 11-2 (Note1) and table 11-3 show Fast AS as the only method available under the Remote System Update scheme, so yes with this arrangement I wouldn't need an external controller (which is what I want).

I read the thread you contributed to here:http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5280&highlight=remote+upgrade+stratix+iii

The Remote Update Scheme seems to allow the overall hardware and functionality that I would like but I don't want to use a Nios processor - is it relatively easy to have a state machine take the place of the Nios - I see an example (not yours Jake, another one. I think yours may use Nios but I could be wrong) in the shared material section but I havn't looked at it yet.

stephen