Difference between revisions of "Quartus 8.0 .pof Generation Bug"
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Revision as of 15:08, 30 August 2016
Quartus II 8.0 and 8.0 + sp1 generate .pof files that seem to program the configuration device, but do not work after a power-cycle. When generating .pof files, do not use these versions of Quartus II. For more information, refer to th
Support Says
In an email dated 16 July 2008, Altera Support said:
Hi Mandana, It appears that the USB blaster driver in Quartus II 8.0 has problem. It looks like a mistake in the 8.0 release. We should be able to fix the issue in the next release 8.1. I have attached the driver in Quartus II version 7.2. We have tested the attached driver and it works well. For driver installation guide, refer to http://www.altera.com/support/software/drivers/dri-index.html Hope it’s helpful to you! Regards, Roger
Diffing .pof Files from Different Versions
A diff between .pof files generated with Quartus II 8.0 sp1 and Quartus II 7.2 yields the following:
Compare: (<)C:\Documents and Settings\PHYSICS\Desktop\rc_v0400000c_15aug2008_q72.pof (2097294 bytes) with: (>)C:\Documents and Settings\PHYSICS\Desktop\rc_v0400000c_15aug2008_q80.pof (2097309 bytes) 1c1 < POF --- > POF 6283c6283 < --- >
