Altera Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit - Manual (Page 27)

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July 2010 Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit User Guide
Appendix A. Programming the
Configuration Flash Device
Overview The Intel ® P30 flash device uses active parallel flash configuration to
configure the Cyclone ® III device on power up. The Cyclone III Starter
Board has a factory default configuration programmed into the P30 flash;
however, after developing your own project, you may want to replace this
factory default configuration with your own. This appendix describes
how to reprogram the Intel P30 flash device.
Creating a
Flash-
Programmable
POF File After a Quartus II compilation, a Programmer Object File (.pof) is created.
Before you can program this file into the Intel P30 flash device on the
Cyclone III development board, you must modify the .pof by performing
the following steps:
1. Choose Convert Programming File from the File menu. The
Convert Programming Files
window opens (refer to Figure A–1 ).
Figure A–1. Convert Programming Files Window