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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

EPCS can't be THIS slow

I used the CycloneII dev-kit from altera for a project with uCLinux and a NiosII. To save some $$ I'm trying to configure the FPGA from the EPCS64 and load the kernel from the same EPCS64 thus el...
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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

The EPCS devices are extremely slow. I program them on a daily basis. In addition, booting from an EPCS device is not supported on all devices (i.e. the Stratix II). So for compatibility reasons you may want to avoid doing this anyway.