Arria 10 GX Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit User Guide

ID 683553
Date 8/08/2017
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A. Programming the Flash Memory Device

As you develop your own project using the Intel tools, you can program the flash memory device so that your own design loads from flash memory into the FPGA on power up. This appendix describes the pre-programmed contents of the common flash interface (CFI) flash memory device on the Intel® Arria® 10 GX transceiver signal integrity development board and the Nios® II EDS tools involved with reprogramming the user portions of the flash memory device.

The Intel® Arria® 10 GX transceiver signal integrity development board ships with the CFI flash device pre-programmed with a default factory FPGA configuration for running the Board Update Portal design example and a default user configuration for running the Board Test System demonstration. There are several other factory software files written to the CFI flash device to support the Board Update Portal. These software files were created using the Nios® II EDS, just as the hardware design was created using the Intel® Quartus® Prime software.