Specifications

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INTRODUCTION
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You can also direct the Assembler or Programmer to generate programming
files in other formats by using one of the following methods:
■ The Device & Pin Options dialog box, which is available from the
Device page of the Settings dialog box (Assignments menu), allows
you to specify optional programming file formats, such as Hexadecimal
(Intel-Format) Output Files (.hexout), Tabular Text Files (.ttf), Raw
Binary Files (.rbf), Jam
™
Files (.jam), Jam Byte-Code Files (.jbc), Serial
Vector Format Files (.svf), and In System Configuration Files (.isc).
■ The Create/Update > Create JAM, SVF, or ISC File command (File
menu) generates Jam Files, Jam Byte-Code Files, Serial Vector Format
Files, or In System Configuration Files.
■ The Create/Update > Create/Update IPS File command (File menu)
displays the ISP CLAMP State Editor dialog box, which allows you to
create or update I/O Pin State Files (.ips) that contain pin state
information for specific devices used to configure pin states during
programming.
■ The Convert Programming Files command (File menu) combines and
converts SOFs and POFs for one or more designs into other secondary
programming file formats, such as Raw Programming Data Files (.rpd),
HEXOUT Files for EPC16 or SRAM, POFs, POFs for Local Update or
Remote Update, Raw Binary Files, Tabular Text Files, JTAG Indirect
Configuration Files (.jic), and Flash Loader Hexadecimal Files (.flhex).
These secondary programming files can be used in embedded processor-
type programming environments, and, for some Altera devices, by other
programming hardware.
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Using the quartus_asm executable
You can also run the Assembler separately at the command prompt or in a script by
using the quartus_asm executable. You must run the Quartus II Fitter executable,
quartus_fit, successfully before running the Assembler.
The quartus_asm executable creates a separate text-based report file that can be
viewed with any text editor.
If you want to get help on the quartus_asm executable, type one of the following
commands at the command prompt:
quartus_asm -h
r
quartus_asm -help r
quartus_asm --help=<topic name> r