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Configuration mode connections available to the user

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titleConfiguration modes overview: FPGA bitstream only.
TE USB FX2 module typeConfiguration mode connections
TE0300
TE0320
TE0630

USB interface

TE USB FX2 module is equipped with a Cypress EZ-USB FX2 controller (TE USB FX2 microcontroller) to provide a high-speed USB 2.0 interface. Configuration of the TE USB FX2 module through a USB host is recommended for non-volatile on-site operations such as firmware upgrade or SPI Flash bitstream download.

Even when USB connector is used to program the FPGA image (aka FPGA bitstream), the SPI bus and the the SPI Flash memory are also used by C#  OpenFutNet or Python Open_FUT.

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 The procedure followed by one of the two TE programs (or by a custom user program) is the following:

  • erase the SPI Flash (FLASH_ERASE command);
  • writes the bitstream image in the SPI Flash (FLASH_WRITE command) and readback the bytes written (FLASH_READ command) for integrity check; 
  • after SPI Flash writing is complete and checked, the FPGA is powered off (POWER command with command[1]=0) and then on (POWER command with command[1]=1);
  • at power on the FPGA automatically read the SPI Flash content to configure itself;
  • waits some seconds (2 to 10 seconds) the end of  FPGA configuartion;the FX2 microcontroller's firwmare is able to read the DONE PIN status from PD2 pin (IOD2)
  • a READ_STATUS command should be used to check if DONE PIN (reply[4] = EP1INBUF[4] = sts_booting) is high (reply[4]=1) .

Even when USB connector is used to program the FX2 microcontroller's firmware, the IIC bus and the the IIC EEPROM memory are also used by C#  OpenFutNet or Python Open_FUT.

Jtag Interface

The JTAG interface allows a

  • fast (10 seconds), frequent but volatile configuration (only the FPGA is programmed using Xilinx ISE or EDK and a .bit bitstream and not the SPI Flash) of the TE USB FX2 module.
  • medium-fast (1-2 minutes) non-volatile on-site operations such as SPI Flash bitstream download: indirect SPI in-system programming (ISP).
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Only through the JTAG interface it is possible to develop and debug with Xilinx tools (e.g. Xilinx SDK debug,Xilinx ChipScope, Xilinx Microprocessor Debugger).

 

SPI Interface

SPI interfaces allows a medium-fast (1-2 minutes), frequent and non-volatile configuration (SPI Flash bitstream download) of the TE0300 module (through J3 and direct SPI programming or TE USB FX2 microcontroller and OpenFutNet), TE0320 module (through B2B connection or TE USB FX2 microcontroller and OpenFutNet), TE0630 module (through TE USB FX2 microcontroller and OpenFutNet).

B2B Interface

Through B2B interface, the JTAG (all TE USB FX2 modules) and/bus or the SPI interface bus (TE0320 module only) could be used (see the two paragraphes above).

It is also possible to use B2B interface for 

  • Slave Paralellel Paralelle (SelectMAP) mode
  • Slave Serial mode

This two mode need a microcontroller as intermediate to program/configure the FPGAconfigurations.

Interface Available to FX2 microcontroller

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