Why does the active serial configuration fail in Stratix® V, Arria® V, and Cyclone® V devices when using a 256 Mb or larger density of Macronix MX25L or Cypress S25FL-S device for configuration device?

Description

Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software version 18.1, active serial (AS) configuration fails in Stratix® V, Arria® V, and Cyclone® V devices when using a 256 Mbit or larger density of Macronix MX25L or Cypress S25FL-S device for configuration device.

Resolution

To work around this problem, download and install 18.1std patch 0.05std from the following knowledge base article:

Why do Cypress* flash devices S25FL256 and S25FL512 not get programmed with Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard edition software version 18.1 when using Intel® Cyclone® 10 LP or legacy devices?

This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software version 19.1.

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