[F256K] How to update the FPGA
14I show you the steps required to update the FPGA on the F256K. Very similar steps should apply to the F256 Jr since they are very similar machines. Note that it is the Tiny Vicky FPGA (an Altera Cyclone IV chip) that is being updated here.
A F256K is a new 2023 machine by Foenix Retro Systems
Website: https://c256foenix.com/
Foenix Retro Systems is a homebrew effort to bring 8/16/32-bit era processors in a new, reimagined retro series of computer designed by Stefany Allaire (https://twitter.com/StefanyAllaire)
Foenix newsletter issue 4 that details how the memory is laid out in the F256 Jr (similar to F256K)
http://apps.emwhite.org/shared-files/718/?Foenix-Rising-Issue-4-Nov.-Dec.-full-1.pdf
Link to amazon JTAG Blaster:
https://www.amazon.ca/JTAG-Blaster-Intel-Altera-Programmer/dp/B07BZMSZ3G/ref=sr_1_3?crid=WWV8P0OHVCE3&keywords=altera+usb+blaster&qid=1688067039&sprefix=altera+usb+blaster%2Caps%2C113&sr=8-3
Link to earthpeopletechnology.com JTAG Blaster:
https://earthpeopletechnology.com/?wpsc-product=ept-2232h-sp-s1
Link to Digikey Terasic Blaster:
https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/terasic-inc/P0302/2003484
Intel.com page for the Quartus software:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/software-kit/665990/intel-quartus-prime-lite-edition-design-software-version-18-1-for-windows.html?
Link to the complet Foenix discord with every machine in the ecosystem:
https://discord.gg/MAUvNxjuXq
Link to F256 Jr (and K) dedicated more for the users (less for developpers) discord:
https://discord.gg/zj4AjzYQTw
Link to my superbasic repo with the Mandelbrot fractal code:
https://github.com/Mu0n/F256KbasicBASICdoodlesa