Specifications

CHAPTER 11: PROGRAMMING & CONFIGURATION

INTRODUCTION

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The Programmer has four programming modes:

■ Passive Serial mode

■ JTAG mode

■ Active Serial Programming mode

■ In-Socket Programming mode

The Passive Serial and JTAG programming modes allow you to program

single or multiple devices using a CDF and Altera programming hardware.

You can program a single EPCS1 or EPCS4 serial configuration device using

Active Serial Programming mode and Altera programming hardware. You

can program a single CPLD or configuration device using In-Socket

Programming mode with a CDF and Altera programming hardware.

If you want to use programming hardware that is not available on your

computer, but is available via a JTAG server, you can also use the

Programmer to specify and connect to remote JTAG servers.

Using the quartus_pgm executable

You can also run the Programmer separately at the command prompt or in a script

by using the quartus_pgm executable. You may need to run the Assembler

executable, quartus_asm, in order to produce a programming file before running

the Programmer.

If you want to get help on the quartus_pgm executable, type one of the following

commands at the command prompt:

quartus_pgm -h

quartus_pgm -help r

quartus_pgm --help=<topic name> r

For Information About Refer To

General programming information “Programming Files” glossary definition,

“Overview: Working with Chain Description

Files,” and “Overview: Converting

Programming Files” in Quartus II Help

Using the Programmer The Programming module of the Quartus II

Tutorial