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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,


May i know how do you program the POF into the EPCQ flash? Do you use our quartus programmer or use own script? If you are using quartus programmer, how do you do the programming? What are the setting u chose?


Also, can you try to generate JIC from the SOF and then program it into the flash via our Quartus Programmer?


Thank You.


Regards,

Bruce


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    YTLim
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    5 years ago

    Hi YuanLi,

    I use both Quartus programmer as well as my own script to program the EPCQ and both did not work with the "bad" compile POF files. Both programming method works when used with "good" compile POF file.

    As for the Quartus programmer setting, I use the "Active Serial" setting to program in the POF file.

    I tried converting SOF to JIC and try programming using the "JTAG" setting in the Quartus programmer but it did not work. I don't know if I did the conversion properly. This did not work for both the "good" and "bad" compiles.

    I even tried to convert the SOF file to a POF file. This also did not work for both "good" and "bad" compiles. Again I don't know if I did the conversion properly as when I compare the converted POF file to the compiled POF file, there is a significant difference.

    Rgds,

    YT