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11 years agoSIII hw + sftw EPCQ256 13.1
Hi, I am attempting (several ways) to use hw/sftw on EPCQ256 with Stratix III as follows. o If I convert the SOF to a JIC and program the EPCQ256 with quartus programmer => then power...
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11 years agoWhen I program with the jic made from sof and sftw hex (which successfully
configures the SIII), and then read back (using nios2-flash-programmer -R) from the EPCQ256, I see this. S1230000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF56A5 S12300207FEF6FEF6FEFCF5F5B1F5B5B1B1B1F3F1F1F3FBFBF5F3F3FBFBF9FBF3F9F3F3F90 S1230040BF3F57B7171F5F57CB76FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF79 S1230060FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF9C S1230080FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF7C S12300A0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF5C S12300C0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF3C S12300E0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1C S1230100FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFB Whereas, if one looks at the flash file generated by sof2flash one sees this. S016000046434D5F546F705F4C6576656C2E666C617368EE S32500000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA S32500000020567FEF6FEF6FEFCF5F5B1F5B5B1B1B1F3F1F1F3FBFBF5F3F3FBFBF9FBF3F9F3F77 S325000000403FBF3F57B7171F5F57CB76FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF37 S32500000060FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF9A S32500000080FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF7A So comparing these two maybe I can see some differences in the first two lines. JIC read back: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF56A5 7FEF6FEF6FEFCF5F5B1F5B5B1B1B1F3F1F1F3FBFBF5F3F3FBFBF9FBF3F9F3F3F90 sof2flash: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA 567FEF6FEF6FEFCF5F5B1F5B5B1B1B1F3F1F1F3FBFBF5F3F3FBFBF9FBF3F9F3F77 And maybe there are some bytes inserted in the stream that are different. JIC read back: 56A5 sof2flash: FFFA56