programming files Definition
A file containing data for programming Altera devices.
The following programming file formats are available in the
Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software and contain information about device
names, device order, and optional programming file names for use in
multidevice programming or configuration schemes:
- Chain Description File
(.cdf)
- Conversion Setup File
(.
cof)
The following programming file formats are available in the
Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software and contain information about specific
devices:
- Hexadecimal (Intel-Format)
Output File (.hexout)
- Hexadecimal (Intel-Format)
Output File for EPC16 (.hexout)
- Hexadecimal (Intel-Format)
Output File for SRAM (.hexout)
- In System Configuration File
(.isc)
- I/O Pin State File (.ips)
- Jam Files (.jam)
- Jam Byte Code Files
(.jbc)
- Programmer Object File
(.pof)
- Programmer Object File for
Local Update (.pof)
- Programmer Object File for
Remote Update (.pof)
- Raw Binary File (.rbf)
- Raw Programming Data File
(.rpd)
- SRAM Object File (.sof)
- JTAG Indirect Configuration
File (.
jic)
- Serial Vector Format File
(.svf)
- Tabular Text File (.ttf)
You use the following methods to create Chain Description Files
(.cdf) and Conversion Setup
Files (.cof):
-
You can open a Jam File or a Jam Byte Code File, or one or more
SRAM Object Files and/or Programmer Object Files, in the
Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Programmer and then save the contents of the
Programmer window in a Chain Description File.
- You can use the Convert Programming Files command to
create Conversion Setup Files from SRAM Object Files, Programmer
Object Files, andHexadecimal
(Intel-Format) Output Files.
The following rules apply when creating the following
programming files:
- When creatingHexadecimal
(Intel-Format) Output Filesfor EPC16, you must use
only Programmer Object Files.
-
When creating Programmer Object Files for Remote Update, you must
use remote update enabled Programmer Object Files and SRAM Object
Files.
-
When creating Programmer Object Files for Local Update, you must
use local update enabled Programmer Object Files and SRAM Object
Files.
The files used to program or configure devices with the
Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Programmer can be used to program or configure
devices in other environments.
The Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Programmer can save data from an examined
device in (.pof)
format.