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Unique SN's for production units - Quartus Programmer?

Altera_Forum
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‎02-27-2009 01:39 PM
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Has anyone used the quartus programmer in a production setting to apply a unique serial number to each PCB that is configured? 

 

Any other suggestions on a good way to serialize units?
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Altera_Forum
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‎02-28-2009 04:36 PM
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You can write the serial number to a specific part of the programming flash memory, if you have a way to access it from the FPGA.

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Altera_Forum
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‎03-02-2009 02:03 PM
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I should add more details.  

 

The system has a NIOS and a UART in it, which I'm aware that I could write a routine to accept commands via a computer to the UART to program a specific value into an address in Flash.  

 

However, I would like to have this done while the program is being written to flash via the USB-blaster. Is there a way to have an incrementing number placed in one of the locations of flash memory, in addition to the standard program image which will remain unchanged? 

 

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