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21 years ago

How to convert from .pof to binary?

Hi all, I've manged to combine the .sof and my boot-loader into .pof file (via the convert file option in quartus) - and everything is good. However, for remote updates I'd like to...
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21 years ago

the convert programming file can only generate a .rbf from a .sof.

i must convert my design to a .pof, because I add in my loader.hex code using that convert-programming file....

so, I can generate a .pof with my .sof and the .hex file located at the end of the device - good.

and I can generate a .rbf of the .sof (only).

however, there is no combination of the tools/file-types I have come up with to get the .pof into a .rbf (or even intel hex which I could then convert with a wee program).

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