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JimB1592
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2 years ago

Is there a command-line function that can return the checksum of a .pof file?

I am trying to write some automation tooling that should be able to determine the checksum value of a POF file, preferably without connecting to a device. The value I am trying to get returned is t...
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JimB1592
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2 years ago

Hi Richard,

As I mentioned in the original post, that command does not seem to do what I'm looking for. Am I misunderstanding something?

For example, that POF file that shows 08C5A46A in the Quartus GUI is calculated as CCB38226 when invoking that TCL command.

CCB38226 is the CRC32 checksum of the POF file itself, which I can confirm with any other utility as well, but it is not the checksum that is displayed in the Quartus GUI or from the command line when programming the device.

Regards,

Jim