Hi, I want to know if anybody has never programmed fpga or proms not using Impact or Quartus programmer but other (third party) tools. If yes, how ? which are the file formats to use? Thanks in advance.
programming devices using other tools
Started by ●January 16, 2006
Reply by ●January 16, 20062006-01-16
"antonio bergnoli" <bergnoli@pd.infn.it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:43cb5fd1$2_2@x-privat.org...> Hi, > I want to know if anybody has never programmed fpga or proms not using > Impact or Quartus programmer but other (third party) tools. If yes, how ? > which are the file formats to use? > Thanks in advance.lots of people do that. most of the info is available, sometimes it needed to reverse engineer SVF or BSDL files to complement the public information there are different formats that can be used depending on device targetted -- Antti Lukats http://www.xilant.com
Reply by ●January 16, 20062006-01-16
For PROMs I generally make Intel Hex files (.mcs) although the programmer we use from BP can take many different file formats. I only use this for programming parts off-board. For in-system programming you generally need a file format that works with your embedded software. For Xilinx bitstreams I generally prepare a "Hex" format file which is just a stream of hex characters with no header or other information (just the bits, ma'am). This I usually convert to a binary file for use by the embedded system (to reduce file size. Antti Lukats wrote:> "antonio bergnoli" <bergnoli@pd.infn.it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:43cb5fd1$2_2@x-privat.org... > > Hi, > > I want to know if anybody has never programmed fpga or proms not using > > Impact or Quartus programmer but other (third party) tools. If yes, how ? > > which are the file formats to use? > > Thanks in advance. > > lots of people do that. > > most of the info is available, sometimes it needed to reverse engineer SVF > or BSDL files to complement the public information > > there are different formats that can be used depending on device targetted > > > -- > Antti Lukats > http://www.xilant.com
Reply by ●January 16, 20062006-01-16
does anybody use opwenwince jtag for this pourpose? Gabor ha scritto:> For PROMs I generally make Intel Hex files (.mcs) although the > programmer > we use from BP can take many different file formats. I only use this > for > programming parts off-board. For in-system programming you generally > need a file format that works with your embedded software. For Xilinx > bitstreams > I generally prepare a "Hex" format file which is just a stream of hex > characters > with no header or other information (just the bits, ma'am). This I > usually convert > to a binary file for use by the embedded system (to reduce file size. > > > Antti Lukats wrote: > >>"antonio bergnoli" <bergnoli@pd.infn.it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag >>news:43cb5fd1$2_2@x-privat.org... >> >>>Hi, >>>I want to know if anybody has never programmed fpga or proms not using >>>Impact or Quartus programmer but other (third party) tools. If yes, how ? >>>which are the file formats to use? >>>Thanks in advance. >> >>lots of people do that. >> >>most of the info is available, sometimes it needed to reverse engineer SVF >>or BSDL files to complement the public information >> >>there are different formats that can be used depending on device targetted >> >> >>-- >>Antti Lukats >>http://www.xilant.com > >
