Configuration Process; Power Up; Reset; Configuration - Altera Cyclone IV Device Handbook

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Configuration Process

This section describes Cyclone IV device configuration requirements and includes the
following topics:
■ "Power Up" on page 8–6
■ "Reset" on page 8–6
"Configuration" on page 8–6
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■ "Configuration Error" on page 8–7
■ "Initialization" on page 8–7
■ "User Mode" on page 8–7
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Power Up

If the device is powered up from the power-down state, V
the I/O banks in which the configuration and JTAG pins reside) must be powered up
to the appropriate level for the device to exit from POR.

Reset

After power up, Cyclone IV devices go through POR. POR delay depends on the MSEL
pin settings, which correspond to your configuration scheme. During POR, the device
resets, holds nSTATUS and CONF_DONE low, and tri-states all user I/O pins (for PS and
FPP configuration schemes only).
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To tri-state the configuration bus for AS and AP configuration schemes, you must tie
nCE high and nCONFIG low.
The user I/O pins and dual-purpose I/O pins have weak pull-up resistors, which are
always enabled (after POR) before and during configuration. When the device exits
POR, all user I/O pins continue to tri-state. While nCONFIG is low, the device is in
reset. When nCONFIG goes high, the device exits reset and releases the open-drain
nSTATUS pin, which is then pulled high by an external 10-k pull-up resistor. After
nSTATUS is released, the device is ready to receive configuration data and the
configuration stage starts.
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For more information about the value of the weak pull-up resistors on the I/O pins
that are on before and during configuration, refer to the
chapter.

Configuration

Configuration data is latched into the Cyclone IV device at each DCLK cycle. However,
the width of the data bus and the configuration time taken for each scheme are
different. After the device receives all the configuration data, the device releases the
open-drain CONF_DONE pin, which is pulled high by an external 10-kpull-up resistor.
A low-to-high transition on the CONF_DONE pin indicates that the configuration is
complete and initialization of the device can begin.
Cyclone IV Device Handbook,
Volume 1
Chapter 8: Configuration and Remote System Upgrades in Cyclone IV Devices
Configuring Altera FPGAs
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FPGA configuration cycle state machine, refer
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