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You can use the Convert Programming Files command (File menu) to combine and convert SRAM Object Files (.sof) or Programmer Object Files (.pof) for one or more designs into other programming file formats for use with different configuration schemes. For example, you can add a remote update enabled SOF to a POF for Remote Update, which is used to program a configuration device in remote update configuration mode, or you can convert a POF into a Hexadecimal (Intel-Format) Output File for EPC16 (.hexout) for use by an external host.

You can use the Convert Programming Files dialog box to set up output programming files by arranging the chain of SOFs stored in a HEXOUT File for SRAM, POF, Raw Binary File (.rbf), or Tabular Text File (.ttf), or by specifying a POF to be stored in a HEXOUT File for EPC16. For a POF for an EPC4, EPC8, or EPC16 configuration device, you can use the Input files to convert list to establish different configuration bitstreams, which are stored in pages in the configuration memory space. You can also create parallel bits, each containing a chain of SOFs, and arrange the SOFs and Hexadecimal (Intel-Format) Files (.hex) stored in flash memory. For a POF for an EPC4, EPC8, or EPC16 configuration device, you can use the Convert Programming Files dialog box to specify the properties of SOF Data items, specify the properties of HEX Files, or add or remove SOF Data items from the configuration memory space. You can also create Memory Map Files (.map).

For POFs for Local Update and POFs for Remote Update, you can use the Convert Programming Files dialog box to add or remove remote update enabled POFs and remote update enabled SOFs from the configuration memory space. You can also specify the properties of SOF Data items, add or remove SOF Data items, create MAP Files, and generate remote update difference files and local update difference files.

You can also use the Convert Programming Files dialog box to combine multiple SOFs into a single POF in Active Serial Configuration mode. The POF can be used to program an EPCS1 or EPCS4 serial configuration device, which can then be used to configure multiple devices through a Cyclone^™ device.

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