Parallel Flash Loader Megafunction User Guide (PDF) - Altera

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Using the PFL Megafunction
4. Click OK to save the parameter settings.
5. After you add, update, or remove the new CFI flash memory device, click OK.
Programming Multiple Flash Memory Devices
The PFL megafunction supports multiple-flash programming of as many as 16 flash
memory devices. This feature allows the PFL megafunction to connect to multiple
flash memory devices to perform flash programming sequentially. PFL multiple-flash
programming supports both speed and area mode flash programming. For FPGA
configuration, use the content in the flash memory device that connects to the nCE[0]
pin as configuration data.
To use the multiple flash programming feature, follow these steps:
1. Select the number of flash memory devices connected to the CPLD in the PFL
megafunction parameter editor.
2. Connect the nCE pins of the PFL to the nCE pins of the flash memory device in the
block diagram. Compile the design.
3. Click Auto Detect in the Quartus II programmer. The CPLD appears as the main
item, followed by a list of CFI flash memory devices detected as secondary items
in the device tree.
4. Attach the flash memory device .pof to each flash memory device.
5. Check the boxes in the Quartus II Programmer for the necessary operation and
click Start.
Creating Jam Files for Altera CPLDs and Flash Memory Device
Programming
To use .jam files to program the CPLD and flash memory device, follow these steps:
1. Open the Quartus II Programmer and add the CPLD .pof and flash memory
device .pof, by performing steps 1 through 5 in “Programming Altera CPLDs and
Flash Memory Devices” on page 31.
2. On the File menu, point to Create/Update and click Create JAM, JBC, SVF, or ISF
File.
3. Enter a name and select the file format (.jam).
4. Click OK.
1 Use the .jam files with the Quartus II Programmer or quartus_jli executable file.
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