Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Programmer

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Date 9/24/2018
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1. Programming Intel FPGA Devices A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides
1. Programming Intel FPGA Devices x
1.1. Programming Flow 1.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer Window 1.3. Programming and Configuration Modes 1.4. Design Security Keys 1.5. Verifying if Programming Files Correspond to a Compilation of the Same Source Files 1.6. Convert Programming Files Dialog Box 1.7. Flash Loaders 1.8. JTAG Debug Mode for Partial Reconfiguration 1.9. Scripting Support 1.10. Programming Intel® FPGA Devices Revision History
1.1. Programming Flow x
1.1.1. Stand-Alone Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer Stand-Alone Programmer Memory Limitations 1.1.2. Optional Programming or Configuration Files 1.1.3. Secondary Programming Files
1.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer Window x
1.2.1. Editing the Details of an Unknown Device 1.2.2. Setting Up the Hardware 1.2.3. Setting the JTAG Hardware 1.2.4. Using the JTAG Chain Debugger Tool
1.2.3. Setting the JTAG Hardware x
1.2.3.1. Running JTAG Daemon with Linux
1.5. Verifying if Programming Files Correspond to a Compilation of the Same Source Files x
1.5.1. Obtaining Project Hash for Arria® V, Stratix® V, Cyclone® V and Intel® MAX® 10 Devices 1.5.2. Obtaining Project Hash for Intel® Arria® 10 Devices
1.6. Convert Programming Files Dialog Box x
1.6.1. Debugging Your Configuration 1.6.2. Converting Programming Files for Partial Reconfiguration
1.6.2. Converting Programming Files for Partial Reconfiguration x
1.6.2.1. Generating .pmsf using a .msf and a .sof 1.6.2.2. Generating a .rbf for Partial Reconfiguration from a .pmsf file 1.6.2.3. Enable Decompression During Partial Reconfiguration Option
1.8. JTAG Debug Mode for Partial Reconfiguration x
1.8.1. Configuring Partial Reconfiguration Bitstream in JTAG Debug Mode
1.9. Scripting Support x
1.9.1. The jtagconfig Debugging Tool 1.9.2. Generating a Partial-Mask SRAM Object File using a Mask Settings File and a SRAM Object File 1.9.3. Generating Raw Binary File for Partial Reconfiguration using a .pmsf
1. Programming Intel FPGA Devices
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides

1.1.1. Stand-Alone Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer

Intel FPGA offers the free stand-alone Programmer, which has the same full functionality as the Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer in the Intel® Quartus® Prime software. The stand-alone Programmer is useful when programming your devices with another workstation, so you do not need two full licenses. You can download the stand-alone Programmer from the Download Center on the Altera website.

Stand-Alone Programmer Memory Limitations

The stand-alone Programmer may use significant memory during the following operations:

  • During auto-detect operations
  • When the programming file is added to the flash
  • During manual attachment of the flash into the Programmer window

The 32-bit stand-alone Programmer can only use a limited amount of memory when launched in 32-bit Windows. Note the following specific limitations of 32-bit stand-alone Programmer:

Table 2.  Stand-Alone Programmer Memory Limitations
Application Maximum Flash Device Size Flash Device Operation Using PFL
32-bit Stand-Alone Programmer Up to 512 Mb Single Flash Device
64-bit Stand-Alone Programmer Up to 2 Gb Multiple Flash Device

The stand-alone Programmer supports combination and/or conversion of Intel® Quartus® Prime programming files using the Convert Programming Files dialog box. You can convert programming files, such as Mask Settings File (.msf), Partial-Mask SRAM Object File (.pmsf), SRAM Object Files (.sof), or Programmer Object Files (.pof) into other file formats that support device configuration schemes for Intel FPGA devices.

Note the following device-specific file conversion limitations with use of the 32-bit stand-alone Programmer:

Table 3.  Stand-Alone Programmer File Conversion Limitations
Programming File Conversion Device Support
32-bit Programming File Conversion All Supported Intel FPGA Devices Except Intel® Arria® 10
64-bit Programming File Conversion All Supported Intel FPGA Devices
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