| Tool | Generation 2 Firmware Upgrade capable?(1) | Generation 3 Firmware Upgrade capable?(2) | Is Reference Firmware required? | Firmware Recovery capable?(3) | FPGA Configuration capable? | Is Microsoft .NET Framework required? | Is Python 2.7 Interpreter required? |
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| Xilinx iMPACT |  | | | |  | ???????? | |
| DEWESoft Firmware Upgrade Tool | | | Generation 2 | | | | |
| Open_FUT for generation 2 | | | Generation 2 | | | | |
| Open_FUT for generation 3 | | (based on simplified TE_USB_FX2_CyAPI.dll) | Generation 3 | | (based on simplified TE_USB_FX2_CyAPI.dll) | | |
| CyConsole = Cypress USB Console | | | | Recovery Boot (TE USB FX2 Firmware Recovery) | | | |
| CyControl = Cypress USB Control Center | | | | Recovery Boot (TE USB FX2 Firmware Recovery) | | (version ≥ 2.0) | |
| OpenFutNet: it is possible to run 3 different procedures | Recovery Procedure should be used instead | Firmware Upgrade (based on both CyUSB.dll and TE_USB_FX2_CyUSB.dll) | : Â Recovery ProcedureBoot
Firmware Upgrade : Boot
FPGA Configuration (4): | Recovery ProcedureBoot (based on CyUSB.dll)
| FPGA Configuration (based on both CyUSB.dll and TE_USB_FX2_CyUSB.dll) | (version ≥ 4.0.30319) | |