Max plus II Vs. Quartos II

[Altera_Forum]

Hello guys  

After I changed all my project to work with quartosII, and after I compiled it with sucsess, I wanted to write the project to the Altera. In the MAX PLUS II Project I was writing the .hex file, but I cant find this file when I compile the project with the quartosII. so what file i should write to the Altera? thank a lot amirster

[Altera_Forum]

Hi Amirster, 

 Please correct me if I'm wrong. I think what you are trying to say is you used .hex file to program the Altera FPGA while compiling using Max Plus II. When you compile your project using Quartus II, .sof and .pof files are generated. You can use any of these files in Quartus II programmer for configuring your device.

[Altera_Forum]

Hi 

Ok, if you are right, how can I write this file to the Altera ? Is there any different if I am using the ACEX1k or any other virsion?

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 I have not worked with Max Plus II. But I am assuming that the navigation flow may be different, although the functionality may be the same. Can you clarify what exactly you want to do? What do you mean by "writing a file to the Altera?". If you want to program the Altera FPGA with the system that you compiled using Quartus II, then click on Tools Menu then click on Programmer. Then you can select JTAG or AS mode as per your requirements and program the device using Quartus II Programmer. You can refer to "About Programming" in Quartus II integrated Help System for more details about the programming files and methods.

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 Check out this link: http://www.altera.com/education/demonstrations/online/design-software/flows/onl-design-flows.html  This should also help resolve your issue.