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My name is Hanako Altera and I provide technical support for Altera® FPGA products at Macnica.

 

​Configuration is essential for operating an FPGA, but what do you do when it fails?
The pins involved in configuration are determined by the "target device family" and the "configuration mode." These signals also have a "standard sequence," and failure to follow this sequence will result in a configuration error.

The main configuration schemes for Altera® FPGAs are as follows:

  • active serial
  • active parallel
  • passive serial
  • passive parallel

 

[Reference] Correspondence table of configuration schemes supported by each family of FPGA

This time, we will focus on active serial (AS) configuration among configuration schemes.

Check with check sheet

Let's organize the current situation with this check sheet in order to investigate the cause when a problem occurs in the AS configuration of the FPGA.

 

[ Target device family ]

  • Stratix® Series: Stratix® V, Stratix® IV
  • Arria® Series: Arria® 10, Arria® V, Arria® II
  • Cyclone® Series: Cyclone® 10, Cyclone® V, Cyclone® IV
Intel® FPGA : Checksheet for when Active Serial Configuration is unsuccessful

as_config_cs_r3.0.pdf

Altera® FPGA: Troubleshooting Guide for When Active Serial Configuration Fails


To go a little further and troubleshoot AS configurations, or troubleshoot configuration schemes other than AS configurations, please use the manufacturer's web pages below.

 

FPGA Configuration Troubleshooter