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11 years ago

readmemb / Quartus 14.1 / MIF files?

Hello - I have what I fear is a dumb question, but I can't seem to figure out where it's gone wrong. I'm trying to implement the often re-created VGA text design. I grabbed a MIF file of a font set...
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11 years ago

You can't use $readmemb to read a MIF file. You have to remove all the directives and leave just the binary portion of the file. Also watch out for any gaps in the address range.