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12 years ago

.jic file procedure for EPCQ256

I saw a previous post commenting that the NIOS flash programmer will not work for the EPCQ devices. Given that, what is the procedure creating a .jic file that I can blow into the EPCQ256 for Active...
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12 years ago

I went back to SOPC Builder which seems to be more reliable than QSYS.

My system works; I can program it via JTAG and everything is good.

However, I simply cannot figure out how to get this blown into the configuration device.

I have set the reset vector to the EPCS device. I have the exception vector in on-board RAM.

I have tried the directions here:

http://www.altera.com/support/kdb/solutions/rd12092009_471.html

But they didn't seem to work. The FPGA never gets configured (LED's never light that I have tied to come on).

Any suggestions?