Generic Flash Programmer User Guide: Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
ID
683495
Date
3/28/2022
Public
1.1. Supported Devices and Configuration Methods
1.2. Quad SPI Flash Byte-Addressing
1.3. Generic Flash Programmer Operation
1.4. Generic Flash Programmer Flow Templates ( Intel® Stratix® 10 devices)
1.5. Generic Flash Programmer Flow Templates ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX)
1.6. Generic Flash Programmer Settings Reference
1.7. Generic Flash Programmer User Guide Revision History
1.8. Generic Flash Programmer Document Archive
1.4.1. Initialization Flow Template ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices)
1.4.2. Program Flow Template ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices)
1.4.3. Erase Flow Template ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices)
1.4.4. Verify/Blank-Check/Examine Flow Template ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices)
1.4.5. Termination Flow Template ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices)
1.5.1. Initialization Flow Templates ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX)
1.5.2. Program Flow Template ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX)
1.5.3. Erase Flow Template ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX)
1.5.4. Verify/Blank-Check/Examine Flow Template ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX)
1.5.5. Termination Flow Template ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX)
1.5.6. Programming Flow Action Properties
1.6.1. Device and Pin Options
1.6.2. More Security Options Dialog Box
1.6.3. Input Files Tab Settings (Programming File Generator)
1.6.4. Output Files Tab Settings (Programming File Generator)
1.6.5. Add Partition Dialog Box (Programming File Generator)
1.6.6. Bitstream Co-Signing Security Settings (Programming File Generator)
1.6.7. Convert Programming File Dialog Box
1.6.8. Compression and Encryption Settings (Convert Programming File)
1.6.9. SOF Data Properties Dialog Box (Convert Programming File)
1.6.10. Select Devices (Flash Loader) Dialog Box
1.3.2. Generic Flash Programming (Convert Programming File Dialog Box)
In generic flash programming with the Convert Programming File dialog box, you generate the necessary device programming and configuration files, and perform JTAG programming of the flash memory via the Factory default SFL image.
The Factory default SFL image enables communication between the JTAG pins and the flash memory device's serial interface. The SFL is an instance of the Serial Flash Loader Intel® FPGA IP that is optimized for this function.
After generating the files, you use the Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer to program the flash, which in turn configures the FPGA via AS configuration.
Figure 13. Flash Programming Configuration ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Example)
Generic flash programming with the Convert Programming File dialog box includes the following high level steps that this section describes in detail:
- Step 1: Generate Primary Device Programming Files—use the Intel® Quartus® Prime Assembler to generate the .sof FPGA configuration file.
- Step 2: Generate Secondary Programming Files (Convert Programming Files)—use the Convert Programming File dialog box to generate the .jic that you program into your flash memory device to store .sof configuration data.
- Step 3: Program the Flash Memory Device—use the Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer and connected Intel FPGA download cable to program the .jic configuration data into the flash memory device and the .sof into the FPGA via Active Serial JTAG configuration.