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13 years ago

Triggering device reconfiguration from inside a Stratix IV?

Is there a way to trigger a Stratix IV device to reconfigure itself from an active serial (EPCS) device without using an external CPLD to toggle the reconfiguration pins? I know there's an ALTR...
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13 years ago

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Is there a way to trigger a Stratix IV device to reconfigure itself from an active serial (EPCS) device without using an external CPLD to toggle the reconfiguration pins?

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On an existing board, or are you trying to design such a feature into a board?

If you were to drive nCONFIG low, I suspect you could trigger a reconfiguration sequence.

Cheers,

Dave