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Honored ContributorBoot loader and EPCS
Hi guys! Another question about booting the system. In my system i use EPCS flash memory, but not on-chip. Is it still possible to boot the system from EPCS not on-chip memory? I need a func...
Altera_ForumHonored Contributor
Honored ContributorI think there may be a little confusion here. Is your EPCS connected to the FPGA you want to use it on?
When you use the EPCS controller in the SOPC system it uses a small amount of On Chip Mem to act as a bootloader, which contains the code to fetch the program code out of the EPCS controller and load it into program memory. The EPCS device is never on-chip memory, rather an external flash memory IC.
