Hi Gary,
We have designed a test-bed with an Altera cyclone
to test and upload configuration files to epcs4 of a minipci product.
We have developed code to upload .rbf files directly to the epcs4 of the
device under test. The flash time for a full epcs4 is around 3 seconds.
If this development serves your purpose, we can make it available against a
certain royalty payment.
Another possibilty is to obtain the "byte jammer" software from Altera, it
flashes the epcs via the JTAG chain...
best regards
ron
"Gary Pace" <xxx@yyy.com> schreef in bericht
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> We have a number of PCB's with Altera Cyclone/Config device systems.
>
> In R&D we use Quartus to program this.
>
> For production, we have a bed of nails based ATE system, using LabView.
>
> We want to program the config. device automatically.
>
> Has anyone done this ?
>
> Does Altera produce a .dll or .ocx version of the programming tools ?
> Can the programmer be run as a WIN32 console app. (ie from the command
line)
> ?
> Does National Instruments (or a third party) have anything ?
>
> Any advice much appreciated,
>
> Gary
>
>
Reply by Subroto Datta●September 15, 20042004-09-15
"Gary Pace" <xxx@yyy.com> wrote in message
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> We have a number of PCB's with Altera Cyclone/Config device systems.
> Can the programmer be run as a WIN32 console app. (ie from the command
> line) ?
> Does National Instruments (or a third party) have anything ?
>
> Any advice much appreciated,
>
> Gary
>
Hi Gary,
The Quartus Programmer is a command line application. Here is the output
when when you type quartus_pgm --help in a DOS box.
D:\>quartus_pgm --help
Quartus II Programmer
Version 4.1 Build 181 06/29/2004 SJ Full Version
Copyright (C) 1991-2004 Altera Corporation
Usage:
------
quartus_pgm [-h | --help[=<option|topic>] | -v]
quartus_pgm -c <cable name> filname.cdf --- If you want to use cdf file
quartus_pgm -c <cable name> -m <programming mode> -o <value> [-o
<value>...] --- If you want to use individual programming file(s)
quartus_pgm -l --- to display the list of available hardware
quartus_pgm -c <cable name> -a --- to display the list of devices connected
to the cable
Description:
------------
The Quartus(R) II Programmer programs Altera(R) devices.
The Programmer uses one of the valid supported file formats:
Programmer Object Files (.pof), SRAM Object Files (.sof),
Jam File (.jam), or Jam Byte-Code File (.jbc).
Make sure you specify a valid programming mode,
programming cable, and operation for a given device.
Options:
--------
-f <argument file>
-m <programming mode> | --mode=<programming mode>
-c <cable name> | --cable=<cable name>
-o <programming options> | --operation=<programming options>
-l | --list
-a | --auto
--lower_priority
Help Topics:
------------
arguments
makefiles
For more information on specific options, use --help=<option|topic>.
Hope this helps,
Subroto Datta
Altera Corp.
Reply by Gary Pace●September 15, 20042004-09-15
We have a number of PCB's with Altera Cyclone/Config device systems.
In R&D we use Quartus to program this.
For production, we have a bed of nails based ATE system, using LabView.
We want to program the config. device automatically.
Has anyone done this ?
Does Altera produce a .dll or .ocx version of the programming tools ?
Can the programmer be run as a WIN32 console app. (ie from the command line)
?
Does National Instruments (or a third party) have anything ?
Any advice much appreciated,
Gary