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12 years ago

.jic generation causes "Size of file(s) in EPCQ64 exceeds memory capacity"

I'm trying to create a .jic file so I can use the serial flash loader to program an Arria V (5AGTFD7K3F40I3). The design is literally a GND tie and two pins. Not exactly a large design. Yet, ...
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12 years ago

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According to the datasheet (http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/arria-v/av_51002.pdf), page 56, the configuration data for this FPGA is 185,915,648 bits, so your file size seem right. You should enable file compression to fit it in your configuration component. It's strange, I thought it was enabled by default.

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Compression is not really enabled by default.