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12 years ago

When I power cycle (on-->off-->on) the FPGA it losses *.sof file

Hello, I'm new in FPGAs. Look, after generating and programming the .sof file to the FPGA it works as expected, but as soon as the power is off and then on again nothing happens. I mean I have ...
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12 years ago

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And if so, how do i program that flash?

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It's well explained in the kit documentation as far as I remember.

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Furthermore, every design that contains a FPGA needs an external flash?

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A flash or another means to load the configuration, e.g. a processor.