FPGAs: Instant Access

Chapter 3. Programming (Configuring) an FPGA

In an Instant

• Configuration Cells
• Antifuse-based FPGAs
• SRAM-based FPGAs
  • Programming Embedded (Block) RAMs, Distributed RAMs, etc.
  • Multiple Programming Chains
  • Quickly Reinitializing the Device
• Using the Configuration Port
  • Serial Load with FPGA as Master
  • Parallel Load with FPGA as Master
  • Parallel Load with FPGA as Slave
  • Serial Load with FPGA as Slave
• Using the JTAG Port
• Using an Embedded Processor
• Instant Summary

Definitions

• Configuration files (also called bit files) contain the information that will be uploaded into the FPGA in order to program it to perform a specific function.
• In the case of SRAM-based FPGAs, the configuration file contains a mixture of configuration data (bits ...