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titleFirmware/bitstream tools comparison chart
Tool (Windows OS
with the exception of
Linux_FUT)		FPGA
Configuration
capable?		Generation 2 Firmware
Upgrade capable?(1)		Generation 3 Firmware
Upgrade capable?(2)		Is It works without
Reference
Firmware required?		Firmware
Recovery
capable?(3)
 Remarks

Xilinx iMPACT

 

(Windows OS or Linux OS)

(tick) direct or indirect
in system programming

.mcs file
(both Xilinx Flash and
third-party SPI Flash
can be used)

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

A Linux version
of this tool exists.

DEWESoft
Firmware
Upgrade Tool

(tick)

old .fwu (and .bin) file

(tick)

old .fwu (and .bin) file

(error)

 

(tick)(error)

Gen2

(error)

Obsolete,
not recommended.

32 bit only.

Open_FUT
for generation 2

(tick)

FPGA
Configuration

.bit, .mcs file
( Xilinx Flash only) or
old .fwu (and .bin) file

(tick)

.iic file and
old .fwu (and .bin) file

(error)

(tick)(error)

Gen2

(error)

Python 2.7
interpreter
required.

Open_FUT
for generation 3

(tick)(5)

FPGA
Configuration

.bit or a .mcs file
( Xilinx Flash only) or
old .fwu (and .bin) file

 

(error)

(tick)(5)

Firmware
Update

.iic file and
old .fwu (and .bin) file

(tick)(error)

Gen3

(error)

Python 2.7
interpreter
required.

CyConsole
= Cypress
USB Console		(error)(error)

(tick)

Firmware
Update

.iic file

(error)


(tick)

Recovery
Boot

.iic file

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

(tick)

Firmware
Update

.iic file

(error)(tick)

(tick)

Recovery
Boot

.iic file

Microsoft .NET
Framework
Version ≥ 2.0
required.

OpenFutNet:
it is possible
to run 3 different procedures

(tick)

FPGA
Configuration(6)

.bit or .mcs file
(both Xilinx Flash and
third-party SPI Flash
can be used)

(error) the

 Recovery
Boot  (7)
should be
used
instead

(tick)

Firmware
Update(6)

.iic file

 (error)(tick)for
Recovery
Boot (7)

(error) for(tick) for
Firmware
Update (6)

(error) for(tick) for
FPGA
Config (4)

(tick)

 Recovery
Boot  (7)

.iic file

Microsoft .NET
Framework
Version≥ 4.0.30319
required.

Recommended tool.

Linux_FUT

(tick)

FPGA Configuration

.bin only

(tick)

.bin but
a .iic should
also work

(tick)

.bin but
a .iic should
also work

(error)

(error)

use fx2loader
(see also here)
instead

libusb library
( C API )
should be used

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

(2) Generation 3 Firmware Upgrade: it requires TE USB FX2 device driver (VID/PID:0x0BD0/0x0300) and TE API (C++ TE_USB_FX2_CyAPI.dll or .NET TE_USB_FX2_CyUSB.dll).

(3) Firmware Recovery: it requires USB generic Cypress device driver, to boot with EEPROM disabled and to enable EEPROM after TE USB FX2 module is inserted into USB port. This is the procedure followed by Recovery Boot (TE USB FX2 Firmware Recovery) (CyConsole and CyControl) and Recovery Boot (OpenFutNet).

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