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17 years ago

Unable to use design security feature in Quartus II

I am trying to generate key programing file for my design as described in this app note: http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an341.pdf However when I do step i on page 13, to open up sof file ...
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17 years ago

You need to file an SR with Altera to get two items.

An ini file to be able to program the the actual key into the part.

A license feature to allw you to generate the encrypted file.

(Altera has to keep track of who has the potential to encrypt parts should the government wish to know who is keying devices in the future - they don't care now, but could change their mind some day.)

File the SR.