Altera programming

[David Collier]

We need to program Altera PLDs on the end of a production line.

Using the full IDE involves re-registering the stuff every 3 months, which
is impossibly awkward at the factory.

Does anyone know if there is a simpler program-only utility which doesn't
require continuous re-licensing?

TVM

David

 

[Uwe Bonnes]

David Collier <from_usenet_comp_arch_fpga@dexdyne.com> wrote:
: We need to program Altera PLDs on the end of a production line.

: Using the full IDE involves re-registering the stuff every 3 months, which
: is impossibly awkward at the factory.

: Does anyone know if there is a simpler program-only utility which doesn't
: require continuous re-licensing?

If you only need to programm the parts, not to sythensize, place and route
them, then look for jamplayer. Other jtag tools should work too, if your
parts are JTAG.

Bye
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[Antti Lukats]

from_usenet_comp_arch_fpga@dexdyne.com (David Collier) wrote in message news:<memo.20040203105647.456F@DavidC.zen.co.uk>...

We need to program Altera PLDs on the end of a production line.

Using the full IDE involves re-registering the stuff every 3 months, which
is impossibly awkward at the factory.

Does anyone know if there is a simpler program-only utility which doesn't
require continuous re-licensing?

JAM Player. Just generate JAM files use them with command line
JAM/STAPL Player (it is available free and includes source codes).

antti
altera.openchip.org

 

[Subroto Datta]

from_usenet_comp_arch_fpga@dexdyne.com (David Collier) wrote in message news:<memo.20040203105647.456F@DavidC.zen.co.uk>...

We need to program Altera PLDs on the end of a production line.

Using the full IDE involves re-registering the stuff every 3 months, which
is impossibly awkward at the factory.

Does anyone know if there is a simpler program-only utility which doesn't
require continuous re-licensing?

TVM

David

Hi David,

You can use the standalone programmer available from

https://www.altera.com/support/software/download/programming/asap2/dnl-asap2.jsp

This does not require a license, and has a much smaller footprint.

- Subroto Datta
Altera Corp.