I know for a fact that Xilinx's "Virtex-II Platform FPGA User Guide"
, Hi,hurjy wrote:
hi all
currently I need to analize the FPGA configuration file....(for example,
recent Xilinx or Altera device)........how it is organized...
Could anybody point me out to the reference....or material
thanks in advance
I know for a fact that Xilinx's "Virtex-II Platform FPGA User Guide"
(UG002, not to be confused with the datasheet, which is DS031) contains
a good amount of detail on that device's configuration in the
Configuration->Configuration Details section, and I suppose that the
guides for their other devices have the same type of info. Also look
for xapp151, which covers the Virtex family configuration architecture,
which is similar to the Virtex-II, Spartan-II and Spartan-III
architectures. Unfortunately (for the curious and anal amongst us
some of the details haven't been made public (or hadn't when I last
looked at this stuff), I suppose for IP protection reasons. I don't
know about Altera devices, sorry.
PO Laprise wrote:
hurjy wrote:
hi all
currently I need to analize the FPGA configuration file....(for example,
recent Xilinx or Altera device)........how it is organized...
Could anybody point me out to the reference....or material
thanks in advance
I know for a fact that Xilinx's "Virtex-II Platform FPGA User Guide"
(UG002, not to be confused with the datasheet, which is DS031)
contains a good amount of detail on that device's configuration in the
Configuration->Configuration Details section, and I suppose that the
guides for their other devices have the same type of info. Also look
for xapp151, which covers the Virtex family configuration
architecture, which is similar to the Virtex-II, Spartan-II and
Spartan-III architectures. Unfortunately (for the curious and anal
amongst us
when I last looked at this stuff), I suppose for IP protection
reasons. I don't know about Altera devices, sorry.
Hi,
Additionally to the above mentioned xapp138 might be useful.
The information you find there apply to virtex. Some are the same for
virtex-II - some not. good luck finding out which...
One important observation i did: Frame addressing seems to have
changed... To what? - I haven't found out exactly until now...
If you've made familiar with the command syntax, jBits might be helpful
to see how your bitstreams configure the device. You will find a helpful
method called bitstreamToString() which retranslates your .bit file to
the xilinx command syntax. jBits also offers methods to manually
manipulate your bitstreams (be careful with these!).
Again, good luck and much fun
Simon
Hi all,
There are documentation plans to update XAPP138 information for V2/2P in
the userguide and Spartan3 in an xapp. You can also derive this
information yourself as well if it is needed urgently. Please contact
the Xilinx hotline support for help.
Regards, Wei
Xilinx Applications
simon wrote:
PO Laprise wrote:
hurjy wrote:
hi all
currently I need to analize the FPGA configuration file....(for
example,
recent Xilinx or Altera device)........how it is organized...
Could anybody point me out to the reference....or material
thanks in advance
I know for a fact that Xilinx's "Virtex-II Platform FPGA User Guide"
(UG002, not to be confused with the datasheet, which is DS031)
contains a good amount of detail on that device's configuration in
the Configuration->Configuration Details section, and I suppose that
the guides for their other devices have the same type of info. Also
look for xapp151, which covers the Virtex family configuration
architecture, which is similar to the Virtex-II, Spartan-II and
Spartan-III architectures. Unfortunately (for the curious and anal
amongst us
hadn't when I last looked at this stuff), I suppose for IP protection
reasons. I don't know about Altera devices, sorry.
Hi,
Additionally to the above mentioned xapp138 might be useful.
The information you find there apply to virtex. Some are the same for
virtex-II - some not. good luck finding out which...
One important observation i did: Frame addressing seems to have
changed... To what? - I haven't found out exactly until now...
If you've made familiar with the command syntax, jBits might be
helpful to see how your bitstreams configure the device. You will find
a helpful method called bitstreamToString() which retranslates your
.bit file to the xilinx command syntax. jBits also offers methods to
manually manipulate your bitstreams (be careful with these!).
Again, good luck and much fun
Simon