Altera Arria GX - Manual (Page 21)

Altera Corporation Getting Started User Guide A–3
October 2007 Arria GX Development Kit
Launch the Quartus II Development Tool
Start the Quartus II software ( Figure A–1 ).
Figure A–1. Quartus II Software Interface
Prepare Application File for Downloading
To prepare the example application for downloading to the flash device,
convert MyFirstFPGA.sof to a POF.
To convert an SOF to a POF, perform the following steps:
1. On the File menu, click Convert Programming Files.
2. Under Output Programming File ( Figure A–2 ) select Programmer
Object File (.pof) in the Programming file type box.