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JHaye4
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4 years ago

Quartus programmer initcfg does not work when using a .cdf file

When running the programmer from the command line with the command: quartus_pgm --initcfg test.cdf The FPGAs that I am programming do not get configured when the programmer exits like it says...
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    JHaye4
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    4 years ago

    Hi, thanks for your response @YuanLi_S_Intel,

    I do not get an error code, the EPCQ device is programmed correctly with my .jic image. However, to get the FPGA to be configured, a power cycle is required, in contrary to what the scripting manual says about the --initcfg option.

    It seems you can program .jic files using quartus_pgm, see this forum post: https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Quartus-Prime-Software/Programming-JIC-files-using-qaurtus-pgm/td-p/13612

    I am able to get the desired functionality by running the command like such:
    quartus_pgm --mode=jtag --initcfg -o "IPV;file.jic@1"

    Thanks for your help.