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12 years agoWhat is Timing between nCEO and DCLK in a multi-device AS Configuration ?
Is there timing requirements between nCEO and DCLK when configuring two FPGA's from one EPCS device? The master device (the first FPGA configured) operates in an AS configuration mode and once ...
Altera_Forum
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12 years ago --- Quote Start --- Still have not solved my issue. --- Quote End --- Sorry to hear that. --- Quote Start --- I had the boards X-rayed and I got the 3rd board up and running, but they all have the same issue so I am assuming the IC's are likely alright. --- Quote End --- This statement is a little unclear. If you got a 3rd board "up and running", what did you change? Can you "break" it, and then "fix" it? --- Quote Start --- I have not gotten to trying to readback the data in my EPCS yet. --- Quote End --- If you have a 3rd board "up and running", then that implies the EPCS image has been created ok. --- Quote Start --- Q1: What is the logic that produces Config_Done. Is it parity, is it a proper byte count, does the memory fuel gauge have to reach "full"? --- Quote End --- You'll never get info on this. Its Altera "secret sauce" :) --- Quote Start --- Q2: How do I use the advanced setting in the "Convert Programming File Utility", particularly 1. Program Length Count Adjustment 2. Post-chain bitstream pad bytes 3. Bit-Slice padding value --- Quote End --- I've never had to use any. For my PS and FPP configuration images, I simple concatenate the .rbf files and program them into the devices, eg.,
puts " - Creating the configuration file data_power.bin"
exec cat data1.rbf data2.rbf data3.rbf data4.rbf > data_power.bin
Cheers, Dave