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RMeid
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6 years ago
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I am a repair technician at CTDI, We need to replace CPLDs and FPGAs on occasion. We are not interested in the design aspect. IS there a simple software solution we can use without all the unnecessary bells and whistles?

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    sstrell
    6 years ago

    Go here:

    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/downloads/download-center.html

    Click "Select by Software" and choose "Programming Software."

    What you mention is kind of a strange setup because if the board loses power, and the device has no flash (any FPGA besides MAX 10, which has its own onboard configuration flash memory), you'd have to go in and manually reprogram the device over JTAG every time.

    In any case, let me know if you're now able to download the programming software.

    #iwork4intel

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RMeid
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6 years ago

When re replace a bad CPLD or FPGA we need to reprogram it. We do this though JTAG. Not all CPLDs or FPGAs have their programming held in non-volatile memory. In fact, mot of the ones we deal with are programmed directly into the chip, This was a decision the engineer made at the time of design. We just repair them. We don't design them. I did find a link to software for programming only, but unfortunately the link is broken.