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titleFirmware/bitstream tools comparison chart
Recovery

(error) for

Boot and
Tool (Windows OS)FPGA
Config
capable?
Generation 2 Firmware
Upgrade capable?(1)
Generation 3 Firmware
Upgrade capable?(2)
Is Reference
Firmware required?
Firmware
Recovery
capable?(3)

 Remarks

Xilinx iMPACT

(tick)(error)(error)(error)(error)

A Linux version
of this tool exists

DEWESoft
Firmware
Upgrade Tool
(tick)(tick)(error)

(tick)

Gen2

(error)32 bit only,
obsolete,
not recommended
Open_FUT
for generation 2
(tick)(tick)(error)

(tick)

Gen2

(error)

Python 2.7
Interpreter
required

Open_FUT
for generation 3

(tick)

(5)

(error)

(tick)(5)

Firmware
Update

(tick)

Gen3

(error)

Python 2.7
Interpreter
required

CyConsole
= Cypress
USB Console
(error)(error)

(tick)

Firmware
Update

(error)


(tick)

Recovery
Boot

Less easy than
CyControl
CyControl
= Cypress
USB Control Center
(error)(error)

(tick)

(error) for

Recovery Boot and

Firmware
Update

(error)

(tick)

Recovery
Boot

Microsoft .NET
Framework
Version ≥ 2.0
required

OpenFutNet:
it is possible
to run 3 different procedures

(tick)

FPGA
Config
(6)

(error) the

 Recovery
Boot
 
(7)
should be
used
instead

(tick)

Firmware
Update
(6)

 (error) for
Recovery
Boot
(7)

(tick) for
Firmware
Update
(6)

(tick) for
FPGA
Config
(4)

(tick)

 Recovery
Boot
 
(7)

Microsoft .NET
Framework
Version≥ 4.0.30319,
required;
recommended tool

(1) Generation 2 Firmware Upgrade: it requires DEWESoft device driver (VID/PID:0x0547/0x1002) and DEWESoft API.

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