Altera Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit User Manual

Page 32

Advertising
background image

A–6

Altera Corporation

Cyclone III FPGA Starter Kit User Guide

July 2010

Programming the Flash Device

7.

In the Quartus II Programmer, select the CFI_128MB device.

8.

Click Change File from the button list at the left of the
programming file area.

9.

Select the converted .pof that you generated in the previous section.

1

To restore factory flash contents, choose
cycloneIII_3c25_start_niosII_standard.pof

located in the

factory_recovery

directory as your converted .pof.

10. Turn on the Program/Configure option for all devices shown in the

Programmer.

1

Turning on the option for the .pof enables all three options,
which is what you want to do (refer to

Figure A–6

).

Figure A–6. POF Options

11. Click Start. The Programmer loads the special flash programming

hardware into the FPGA, which allows the Programmer to
communicate with the flash device. The Programmer sends the .pof
to the flash device via the flash programming hardware. The
Quartus II Message window displays the bank addresses as they are
erased and then written.

12. To configure the Cyclone III 3C25 with your design from the

on-board flash device, either push the reconfiguration button or
turn the Cyclone III Starter Board off and then on again.

Advertising