Altera PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition Getting Started - Manual (Page 25)

Altera Corporation Getting Started User Guide A–3
March 2008 PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition
Launch the Quartus II Development Tool
Start the Quartus II software ( Figure A–1 ).
Figure A–1. Quartus II Software Interface
Prepare Application File for Downloading
To prepare the blink example application for downloading to the flash
device, convert blink_example.sof, in the blink_example.qar archive to
a POF.
To convert an SOF to a POF, perform the following steps:
1. On the File menu, click Convert Programming Files.
2. Under Output programming file select Programmer Object File
(.pof)
for the Programming file type.