Functional Description
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Serial configuration devices cannot be cascaded.
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See
Configuring Stratix II Devices
in the Configuration Handbook for
more information regarding the Stratix II FPGA decompression feature.
See
Configuring Cyclone II Devices
in the Configuration Handbook for
more information regarding the Cyclone II FPGA decompression
feature.
See
Configuring Cyclone FPGAs
in the Configuration Handbook for more
information regarding the Cyclone FPGA decompression feature.
The serial configuration devices are designed to configure Stratix II
FPGAs and the Cyclone series FPGAs and cannot configure other existing
Altera device families.
shows the serial configuration device block diagram.
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Figure 4–1. Serial Configuration Device Block Diagram
Serial Configuration Device
nCS
DCLK
Control
Logic
DATA
I/O Shift
Register
ASDI
Address Counter
Data Buffer
Status Register
Decode Logic
Memory
Array
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Configuration Handbook, Volume 2
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Altera Corporation
July 2004
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