AN 370: Using the Intel FPGA Serial Flash Loader with the Intel Quartus Prime Software

ID 683299
Date 2/18/2019
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1.4. Using the Intel® FPGA Serial Flash Loader IP Core in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software

Use the Intel® FPGA Serial Flash Loader IP core to create a dedicated FPGA image that you use only when programming a serial configuration device. For example, configure your FPGA with this dedicated FPGA image only when you want to program the configuration device. After programming the serial configuration device, reconfigure your FPGA with your FPGA image that does not contain an Intel® FPGA Serial Flash Loader IP core.

Alternatively, you can instantiate the Intel® FPGA Serial Flash Loader IP core in your FPGA image. This allows you to program your serial configuration device at any time without interrupting your design. The internal logic can access and read and/or write the serial configuration device at any time using the Share ASMI interface with your design parameter in the Intel® FPGA Serial Flash Loader IP core.