DE3 User Manual
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Quartus II
Programmer
USB Blaster
Circuit
JTAG Config Signals
JTAGUART
Figure 2.1 The JTAG configuration scheme
Programming the serial configuration device :
The DE3 board contains a serial configuration device (U4) that stores configuration data for
the Stratix III FPGA. This configuration data is automatically loaded from the serial
configuration device chip into the FPGA when the board is powered up.
Since the Active Serial programming interface is not supported on the DE3 board, users will
need to use a Serial Flash Loader (SFL) function to program the serial configuration device via
the JTAG interface. The FPGA-based SFL is a soft intellectual property (IP) core within the
FPGA that bridges the JTAG and flash interfaces. The SFL mega-function is available from
Quartus II software.
Figure 2.2
shows the programming method when adopting a SFL solution.
Please refer to
Appendix C Programming the Serial Configuration device
for
the basic
programming instruction on the serial configuration device. More detailed information on the
SFL mega-function can be found in
Altera Application Note 370: Using the Serial Flash
Loader With the Quartus II Software.
Quartus II
Programmer USB Blaster
Circuit
Serial Configuration Device
JTAG
EPCS
128
SFL Image
to bridge
The
JTAG and ASMI
JTAG
ASMI
Figure 2.2. Programming a serial configuration device with the SFL solution
Summary of Contents for Altera DE3
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Page 67: ...DE3 User Manual 64 Figure 5 5 Plug USB Devices into DE3 Figure 5 6 Display Device Information ...
Page 75: ...DE3 User Manual 72 Figure 5 14 Display SD Card Information for the SD Card Demonstration ...
Page 79: ...DE3 User Manual 76 Figure 5 19 Parameter Settings in DDR2 Controller ...
Page 114: ...DE3 User Manual 111 Figure D 5 The reported message of the invalid I O pins ...