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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Why do .SOF files sometimes get made instead of .POF? How can I force a .POF?

I am still learning Quartus II 12 and I'm building simple designs, like 4 inputs that get and-ed and or-ed and then output on Cyclone II devices. Most of the time Quartus makes a .pof, but sometimes ...
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12 years ago

Update:

Choosing a configuration device like EPCS4 makes the GUI tool produce a .pof.

However, the command line tools still only makes a .sof

And the GUI and CL tool make difference sized .sof files... perhaps they are seeing different config devices?