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Altera_Forum
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14 years agoUser data in the system EEPROM
Hello, please advise if it is possible to have a part of the system EPCS64SI16 to contain user accessible/erasable/writeable data. FPGA chip used is EP3C25. Is it reliable/supported configuration? Th...
Altera_Forum
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14 years agoThe space taken by configuration depends on weather you're using compression or not.
If you don't use compression, it is fixed for a given FPGA model and you can find it in the device handbook (Table 9-3 in the Cyclone III handbook). For the EP3C25, it's 5,800,000 bits. Which leaves you with about 60 Mbit left in the EPCS. If you use compression, then it will change from design to design. Those memory bits are dedicated to RAM. The handbook is stating that there are 24,624 Logic Elements plus 66 M9K dedicated RAM blocks 66 * 9K => 608,256