Tool | FPGA Configuration capable? | Generation 2 Firmware Upgrade capable?(1) | Generation 3 Firmware Upgrade capable?(2) | It works without Reference Firmware? | Firmware Recovery capable?(3) | Remarks |
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Xilinx iMPACT
| direct or indirect in system programming .mcs file (both Xilinx Flash and third-party SPI Flash can be used) | | | | | A Windows OS and a Linux OS version of this tool exists. |
DEWESoft Firmware Upgrade Tool | old .fwu (and .bin) file | old .fwu (and .bin) file | | Generation 2 | | Obsolete, not recommended. Only Windows OS (32 bit only) version of this tool exists. |
Open_FUT for generation 2 | FPGA Configuration .bit, .mcs file ( Xilinx Flash only) or old .fwu (and .bin) file | .iic file and old .fwu (and .bin) file | | Generation 2 | | Python 2.7 interpreter required.
Only Windows OS (32 bit only) version of this tool exists. |
Open_FUT for generation 3 | (5) FPGA configuration .bit or a .mcs file ( Xilinx Flash only) or old .fwu (and .bin) file | | (5) Firmware update .iic file and old .fwu (and .bin) file
| Generation 3 | | Python 2.7 interpreter required. Only Windows OS version of this tool exists. |
CyConsole = Cypress USB Console
| | | Firmware update .iic file
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| implicit two steps recovery boot .iic file | Less easy than CyControl. Only Windows OS version of this tool exists. |
CyControl = Cypress USB Control Center
| | | Firmware update .iic file
| | implicit two steps recovery boot .iic file | Microsoft .NET Framework Version ≥ 2.0 required. Only Windows OS version of this tool exists. |
OpenFutNet: it is possible to run 3 different procedures
| FPGA configuration(6) .bit or .mcs file (both Xilinx Flash and third-party SPI Flash can be used) | the explicit two steps recovery boot (7) should be used instead | Firmware update(6) .iic file
| for the explicit two steps recovery boot (7) for the firmware update (6) for the FPGA configuration (4) | implicit two steps recovery boot (7) .iic file | Microsoft .NET Framework Version≥ 4.0.30319 required. Recommended tool. Only Windows OS version of this tool exists. |
Linux_FUT | FPGA Configuration .bin only | .bin, but a .iic should also work | .bin, but a .iic should also work | | use fx2loader (see also here) for an explicit two step recovery boot instead | libusb library (C API) should be used Only Linux OS version of this tool exists. |
fx2loader (see also here)
| | use implicit explicit two step recovery boot instead | use implicit explicit two step recovery boot instead | (8) | explicit two step recovery boot | a wrapped libusb library (C API) should be used A Windows OS and a Linux OS version of this tool exists. |
fxload ( see also here) | | use implicit explicit two step recovery boot instead | use implicit explicit two step recovery boot instead | (9) | explicit two step recovery boot | libusb library (C API) should be used Only Linux OS version of this tool exists. |