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15 years ago

where stroe the pof file if only have cpld

hello! my development board don`t have the epcs* ,noly have a cpld, now i don`t understand how to configure the FPGA with the file of *.pof ? when the board get the power, FPGA can run the i...
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15 years ago

What board is it, and what programming device?

An FPGA needs an external configuration memory if you want its configuration to survive a power loss, whereas a CPLD keeps its configuration without an external memory.