MaxLoader User’s Guide
2
PLD Features ....................................................................................................................................... 24
M
ICROCONTROLLER
.................................................................................................................................. 25
A
BOUT
“D
EVICE
ID”
AND
“A
UTO
S
ELECT
”
ON
EE
T
OOLS PROGRAMMERS
............................................... 26
4. TERMS AND SYMBOLS USED IN THE GUIDE ............................................................................. 28
S
AFETY
N
OTE
C
ONVENTIONS
.................................................................................................................... 28
O
THER TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS
.................................................................................... 28
C
HOOSING A
R
IGHT
A
DAPTER
................................................................................................................... 29
Different Device Packages .................................................................................................................... 30
Different Programming Adapters ......................................................................................................... 31
5. QUICK START EXAMPLES ............................................................................................................... 32
P
ROGRAMMING AN
EPROM
WITH DATA
................................................................................................... 32
D
UPLICATING AN
EPROM
FROM A MASTER
IC
DEVICE
............................................................................. 34
6. MAXLOADER OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................ 35
B
ASIC
M
ENU
S
CREEN
I
NFORMATION
......................................................................................................... 35
Option Information .............................................................................................................................. 35
(Additional Option Information for Non PLD Devices) ..................................................................... 36
System Information .............................................................................................................................. 36
Counter ................................................................................................................................................. 36
File ........................................................................................................................................................ 37
Binary Format ................................................................................................................................ 38
Intel HEX Format .......................................................................................................................... 38
Motorola S HEX Format ........................................................................................................... 39
TEKTRONIX HEX FORMAT ......................................................................................................... 40
ASCII HEX format .................................................................................................................. 40
JEDEC Standard <PLD devices only> ............................................................................................. 41
POF file <Altera EPMxxx devices only> ........................................................................................ 43
File / Load ......................................................................................................................................... 43
File / Reload ..................................................................................................................................... 44
File / Save ......................................................................................................................................... 45