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Appendix A: Programming the Flash Device
Creating a Flash File
DSP Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition Getting Started User Guide
© August 2008 Altera Corporation
Preliminary
3. Click
Options
. In the
Options
dialog box, enter
0x3FE0000
and click
OK
. This
action sets the option bit base address for the development kit to the required
default,
0x3FE0000
. The option bit sector stores the start address for each page of
memory and also stores the Page Valid bits. The Page Valid bits indicate whether
each page is successfully programmed.
f
For more information about option bits and Page Mode Implementation
of memory, refer to
AN 386: Using the Parallel Flash Loader with the
4. To select the
.sof
file you want to convert, select the row labeled
SOF Data
in the
Input files to convert
area, click
Add File
, browse to and select the file you wish to
convert, and click
OK
.
shows the
Convert Programming Files
dialog
box updated with the factory image
your_design_name.sof
.
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If you choose to overwrite an existing
.pof
file, you receive a warning
message.
5. Click
Generate
. Generation takes a short time and it is confirmed by a
“Generated… pof successfully” message.
You now have a successfully generated
.pof
that can be programmed to the flash
device to automatically configure the FPGA on your Cyclone III development board.
Figure A–1.
Convert Programming Files Settings