Quartus, JTAG, Programming Hardware

[Christian Kramer]

Hi!

I am using three CPLDs in my design. Each one has its own JTAG
connector, an I have three Byteblasters connected to LPT1-LPT3 on my PC.
Is there any way to save the configuration, which hardware is to be used
for programming in the .cdf-file for each design?

When I reopen the .cdf-files the programming-hardware is always the last
one used - even if it was used in an different project.

Thanks,
Christian

 

[Subroto Datta]

Hi Christian,

The Hardware information is stored separately from the cdf, as it is a
function of the programmer not the chain. However your suggestion to have
multiple HW profiles is a good one, and I will pass it on.

- Subroto Datta
Altera Corp.

"Christian Kramer" <RemoveThis_chr_kramer@web.de> wrote in message
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Hi!

I am using three CPLDs in my design. Each one has its own JTAG
connector, an I have three Byteblasters connected to LPT1-LPT3 on my PC.
Is there any way to save the configuration, which hardware is to be used
for programming in the .cdf-file for each design?

When I reopen the .cdf-files the programming-hardware is always the last
one used - even if it was used in an different project.

Thanks,
Christian

 

[Subroto Datta]

"Subroto Datta" <sdatta@altera.com> wrote in message news:<hKdhb.11831$PT5.10267@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com>...

Hi Christian,

The Hardware information is stored separately from the cdf, as it is a
function of the programmer not the chain. However your suggestion to have
multiple HW profiles is a good one, and I will pass it on.

- Subroto Datta
Altera Corp.

"Christian Kramer" <RemoveThis_chr_kramer@web.de> wrote in message
news:bm33hk$3vj$1@news.uni-stuttgart.de...
Hi!

I am using three CPLDs in my design. Each one has its own JTAG
connector, an I have three Byteblasters connected to LPT1-LPT3 on my PC.
Is there any way to save the configuration, which hardware is to be used
for programming in the .cdf-file for each design?

When I reopen the .cdf-files the programming-hardware is always the last
one used - even if it was used in an different project.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi Christian,

If using the command line (DOS prompt) is possible you can try using
the command line quartus programmer as follows:

quartus_pgm --cable=ByteBlasterMV[LPT1] lpt1.cdf
quartus_pgm --cable=ByteBlasterMV[LPT2] lpt2.cdf
quartus_pgm --cable=ByteBlasterMV[LPT3] lpt3.cdf

Hope this helps.

- Subroto Datta
Altera Corp.