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14 years ago

Device ID

I know you can set your own custom SystemID, but can the Nios processor get the *device* id, so it can work out what actual chip the core is running on ? I have a design that is used on both EP...
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14 years ago

Does anyone know were Altera publishes these Device ID codes?

In the bootloader source files supplied with Quartus 9.0, the device IDs up to Cyclone III and Stratix III is shown, but not in the newer versions of Quartus.

I have tested on a Cyclone IV and then I read the code 0xf7.