Electronic – How to load a data file into external SRAM via Quartus

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I am working with a Cyclone V GX starting board. It has 4mb of external SRAM. I have written a very simple memory interface for accessing it. That works.

Now I would like to load a raw (hex?) file into the external SRAM on my board for my FPGA to work with. Is there an easy way to accomplish this via Quartus II?

edit:

I am not looking for a way to program my FPGA (by loading a design), this is clear to me. My FPGA has already has my micro-controller design loaded. Now I want to load a program (in the form of raw data) for it into the external SRAM on my board.

Best Answer

The "Control Panel" application provided by the actual manufacturer (Terasic) should let you do this: Cyclone V GX board