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This document will be useful during the "8. Programming" phase of FPGA/CPLD development.

This document describes how to use the Convert Programming File in Quartus® Prime / Quartus® II development software.

Convert Programming File allows you to convert or combine FPGA SOF files (*.sof) supported by the Quartus ® Prime / Quartus ® II development software to other file formats.

Convert Programming Files allows you to combine or convert FPGA SOF files (*.sof) supported by Quartus Prime software to the following file formats: The file formats that can be converted by Convert Programming File are as follows.

• Hexadecimal (Intel-Format) Output File for SRAM (.hexout)
• Programmer Object File (.pof)
• Raw Binary File (.rbf)
• Tabular Text File (.ttf)
• Programmer Object File for Remote Update (.pof)
• Programmer Object File for Local Update (.pof)
• Raw Programming Data File (.rpd)
• JTAG Indirect Configuration File (.jic)
• Merged Mask Settings File (.msf)
• Merged Partial-Masked SRAM Object File (.pmsf)
• HPS IO File (.hiof)
• Hexadecimal (Intel-Format) Output File for EPCE(4|8|16)/EPC(4|8|16) (.hexout)

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This document has been renamed from v15.1.

ELS1421_Q1510_10__1.pdf

"Quartus Prime - Convert Programming Files ver.15.1" (Document for tool version: Ver.15.1)

ELS1374_Q1400_10__1.pdf

"Quartus II Beginner's Guide - How to use Convert Programming File ver.14" (Document for tool version: Ver.14.0)

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