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New ContributorGenerating Flash Programming file using sof2flash
Hi Shaul,
From the sof2flash description, it will generate a s-record/srec file output
I saw that is one KDB on converting , but I'm not sure whether it supports your flash size density , but you can try if needed and change the EPCQ.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/articles/000077309.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683689/current/nios2-elf-objcopy.html
Alternatively I was talking to our engineering, since niosII is obsolete and removed from newer Quartus Pro version, tools such as sof2flash & nios2-elf-objcopy also been removed , the recommended approach for programming SOF into QSPI is to use JIC file instead.
Thanks
Regards
Kian
New ContributorHi Kian,
Yes that's understood.
Using nios2-elf-objcopy can give the same output as sof2flash by using 'srec' format.
I know JIC is best to program the Flash by JTAG but we have another hardware option to implement Flash programming using external host (and I don't mean remote update) without involving the FPGA .
something like this:
So thank you for the information about sof2flash issue and obsolete nios2-elf-objcopy in the future.
Shaul
KianHinT_alteraFrequent Contributor
Hi Shaul,
Thanks for the reply , understood why you need the srec instead of using JIC.
If there is no further question related to the case , I will set this thread to community support.
Thanks
Regards
Kian
- shauls
Hello Kian,
No further questions.
Thank You !
- KianHinT_altera
Hi Shaul,
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