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15 years ago

Using EPCS128 memory with StratixII GX?

Hi, I have run into a problem. My board has an EPCS128 and a stratixII GX (EP2SGX60DF780C4) device. I am using the remote update megawizard function to choose different FPGA images inside the ...
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15 years ago

What it basically means is that you can only use the first 32 sectors of the EPCS128 device as configuration addresses. You are correct that the remote update core does not have access to the upper half of the EPCS device.

However, how many FPGA configuration images do you need to store. I would estimate you could probably fit 8 compressed images of the EP2SGX60 in the first 64Mbit of the flash.

Jake