requirement of the boot flash

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ycui7
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requirement of the boot flash

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I am trying to design a miniature USB Audio board. So, obviously I cannot use the boot flash used on the eval kit due to size constraint.

I have looked through many documents but could not find detailed boot flash hardware requirement.

Specifically, the eval board used 133MHz NOR flash. However, I have some difficulty finding small physical size NOR flash at 133MHz. My question is can I use 108MHz NOR Flash? Is there any setting in the .xn file I can use to set the QPSI to a lower speed to accommodate the 108MHz QSPI NOR flash?
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Post by Ross »

The default frequency for the second stage loader is only ~15MHz, with the initial boot loader running slower.

(Checkout the --quad-spi-clock option to xflash to speed it up/slow it down)
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Post by mmar »

Why not XUF208 with included flash.?
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Post by Joe »

If only being used for boot flash then no real speed requirement.

For small size, we use the following part:

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... TR/5804003

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