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YTLim
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5 years ago

Stratix V programming files problem - SOF file ok but POF file not working

I have weird issue where the programming SOF file is working but the POF file is not working. I am currently working on a Stratix V device (5SGXMA3K3F40C4) . All my previous programming files were ...
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YuanLi_S_Intel
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5 years ago

Hi YTLim,


There are few things that would like to check with you:

- May I know what is the failure rate? Does this issue happens on all the boards?

- What is the the type of SPI flash used in the board?

- Have you try to unload the content program into the SPI flash and compare it with the original file to make sure the content stored in SPI flash is not corrupted?

- After configuration, you mentioned that the device hang and is not functioning, can you probe the "CONF_DONE" pin? Is it in HIGH state?


Thank You.


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YTLim
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5 years ago

Hi YuanLi

To answer some of you questions

Failure rate is 100%. Failed on 3 systems that we have tried.

SPI flash chip is the Altera EPCQ256

No, we did not unload the program from SPI chip back to compare. Need get help from you guys on how to do that.

CONF_DONE signal was "low" when it fail with the bad version of the POF file. Other good version of the POF has the CONF_DONE signal "high".

Rgds,

YT