Programming Altera Config Device

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 

"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. 

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
news:Zz62d.1762$Gz.1605@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> 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
>
>