Newbie question about programming Altera Cyclone II in Quartus II





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I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay and want to start experimenting.



I created a simple program, after some research I managed to compile it and after flashing to the board the programming tool said it is 100% complete.



However the behaviour of the board has not changed since the time I first plugged the power supply in(three onboard LEDs are blinking).



It looks like the program has not been loaded to the board.



I don't know what I did wrong.



Any ideas? I am completely new to FPGAs. Thank you










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  • "I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay" Not a great way to start a question about something that does not work.... What did you program, and what did you expect to see? What do you think is causing the LEDS to blink at the moment?

    – Oldfart
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:09













  • I think that the LEDs are blinking because the original program is still in the FPGA, but maybe I am not right. This is my first experience with FPGA. By the way it is this module: ebay.ca/itm/263616297793

    – mravenca
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:20











  • We will need more details to help you out :D. Can you edit your post with the FPGA used, the program used, the code used,.. And any steps you did so that we can spot the possible mistake.

    – Stoogy
    Nov 16 '18 at 16:12




















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I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay and want to start experimenting.



I created a simple program, after some research I managed to compile it and after flashing to the board the programming tool said it is 100% complete.



However the behaviour of the board has not changed since the time I first plugged the power supply in(three onboard LEDs are blinking).



It looks like the program has not been loaded to the board.



I don't know what I did wrong.



Any ideas? I am completely new to FPGAs. Thank you










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  • "I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay" Not a great way to start a question about something that does not work.... What did you program, and what did you expect to see? What do you think is causing the LEDS to blink at the moment?

    – Oldfart
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:09













  • I think that the LEDs are blinking because the original program is still in the FPGA, but maybe I am not right. This is my first experience with FPGA. By the way it is this module: ebay.ca/itm/263616297793

    – mravenca
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:20











  • We will need more details to help you out :D. Can you edit your post with the FPGA used, the program used, the code used,.. And any steps you did so that we can spot the possible mistake.

    – Stoogy
    Nov 16 '18 at 16:12
















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I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay and want to start experimenting.



I created a simple program, after some research I managed to compile it and after flashing to the board the programming tool said it is 100% complete.



However the behaviour of the board has not changed since the time I first plugged the power supply in(three onboard LEDs are blinking).



It looks like the program has not been loaded to the board.



I don't know what I did wrong.



Any ideas? I am completely new to FPGAs. Thank you










share|improve this question














I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay and want to start experimenting.



I created a simple program, after some research I managed to compile it and after flashing to the board the programming tool said it is 100% complete.



However the behaviour of the board has not changed since the time I first plugged the power supply in(three onboard LEDs are blinking).



It looks like the program has not been loaded to the board.



I don't know what I did wrong.



Any ideas? I am completely new to FPGAs. Thank you







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  • "I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay" Not a great way to start a question about something that does not work.... What did you program, and what did you expect to see? What do you think is causing the LEDS to blink at the moment?

    – Oldfart
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:09













  • I think that the LEDs are blinking because the original program is still in the FPGA, but maybe I am not right. This is my first experience with FPGA. By the way it is this module: ebay.ca/itm/263616297793

    – mravenca
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:20











  • We will need more details to help you out :D. Can you edit your post with the FPGA used, the program used, the code used,.. And any steps you did so that we can spot the possible mistake.

    – Stoogy
    Nov 16 '18 at 16:12





















  • "I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay" Not a great way to start a question about something that does not work.... What did you program, and what did you expect to see? What do you think is causing the LEDS to blink at the moment?

    – Oldfart
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:09













  • I think that the LEDs are blinking because the original program is still in the FPGA, but maybe I am not right. This is my first experience with FPGA. By the way it is this module: ebay.ca/itm/263616297793

    – mravenca
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:20











  • We will need more details to help you out :D. Can you edit your post with the FPGA used, the program used, the code used,.. And any steps you did so that we can spot the possible mistake.

    – Stoogy
    Nov 16 '18 at 16:12



















"I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay" Not a great way to start a question about something that does not work.... What did you program, and what did you expect to see? What do you think is causing the LEDS to blink at the moment?

– Oldfart
Nov 16 '18 at 11:09







"I bought a cheap board with Altera Cyclone II from ebay" Not a great way to start a question about something that does not work.... What did you program, and what did you expect to see? What do you think is causing the LEDS to blink at the moment?

– Oldfart
Nov 16 '18 at 11:09















I think that the LEDs are blinking because the original program is still in the FPGA, but maybe I am not right. This is my first experience with FPGA. By the way it is this module: ebay.ca/itm/263616297793

– mravenca
Nov 16 '18 at 11:20





I think that the LEDs are blinking because the original program is still in the FPGA, but maybe I am not right. This is my first experience with FPGA. By the way it is this module: ebay.ca/itm/263616297793

– mravenca
Nov 16 '18 at 11:20













We will need more details to help you out :D. Can you edit your post with the FPGA used, the program used, the code used,.. And any steps you did so that we can spot the possible mistake.

– Stoogy
Nov 16 '18 at 16:12







We will need more details to help you out :D. Can you edit your post with the FPGA used, the program used, the code used,.. And any steps you did so that we can spot the possible mistake.

– Stoogy
Nov 16 '18 at 16:12














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Normally the configuration stream is written into fpga sram, and it won't live across the power cycle. If you want that configuration be "permanent", write it into on-board configuration flash chip.



Did you check with this short introduction: http://laurie.tech/start-fpga/ ?






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  • This introduction worked. Thank you very much, Vlad!

    – mravenca
    Nov 16 '18 at 20:24












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Normally the configuration stream is written into fpga sram, and it won't live across the power cycle. If you want that configuration be "permanent", write it into on-board configuration flash chip.



Did you check with this short introduction: http://laurie.tech/start-fpga/ ?






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  • This introduction worked. Thank you very much, Vlad!

    – mravenca
    Nov 16 '18 at 20:24
















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Normally the configuration stream is written into fpga sram, and it won't live across the power cycle. If you want that configuration be "permanent", write it into on-board configuration flash chip.



Did you check with this short introduction: http://laurie.tech/start-fpga/ ?






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  • This introduction worked. Thank you very much, Vlad!

    – mravenca
    Nov 16 '18 at 20:24














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Normally the configuration stream is written into fpga sram, and it won't live across the power cycle. If you want that configuration be "permanent", write it into on-board configuration flash chip.



Did you check with this short introduction: http://laurie.tech/start-fpga/ ?






share|improve this answer













Normally the configuration stream is written into fpga sram, and it won't live across the power cycle. If you want that configuration be "permanent", write it into on-board configuration flash chip.



Did you check with this short introduction: http://laurie.tech/start-fpga/ ?







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  • This introduction worked. Thank you very much, Vlad!

    – mravenca
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  • This introduction worked. Thank you very much, Vlad!

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This introduction worked. Thank you very much, Vlad!

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This introduction worked. Thank you very much, Vlad!

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