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14 years ago

Uploading FPGA configuration

Hi I'd like to know if it is possible to upload a newly programmed configuration from a FPGA? I use the Quartus II 9.1 SP1 to program a .sof and .pof file into a FPGA. Is there any way that I c...
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14 years ago

I experimented a bit, it is possible to upload the .pof file from the FPGA using the Examine feature in the Quartus II Programmer. This works perfectly, to compare the downloaded and uploaded .pof files. But there seems to be no way to upload the .sof file.

I'm most interested in verifying if the correct files were programmed in, not the status of the FPGA after programming.

"The .sof will fail to configure the device if there was an error. -- Dave" : Do you mean if there was an error in the FPGA loading the .sof file then there would be an expected configuration error?