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title	Firmware/bitstream tools comparison chart

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⁾	Is Microsoft .NET Framework required?	Is Python 2.7 Interpreter required?	Remarks
Xilinx iMPACT Xilinx iMPACT (a Linux version of this tool exists)							A Linux version of this tool exists
DEWESoft Firmware Upgrade Tool				Gen2				32 bit only, obsolete, not recommended
Open_FUT for generation 2				Gen2		Python 2.7 Interpreter required
Open_FUT for generation 3	⁽⁵⁾		⁽⁵⁾	Gen3			Python 2.7 Interpreter required
CyConsole = Cypress USB Console				for Recovery Boot and Firmware Update	Recovery Boot	Less easy than CyControl
CyControl = Cypress USB Control Center				for Recovery Boot and Firmware Update	Recovery Boot	⁽⁸⁾	Microsoft .NET Framework Version ≥ 2.0
OpenFutNet: it is possible to run 3 different procedures	FPGA Config⁽⁶⁾	Recovery Boot ⁽⁷⁾ should be used instead	Firmware Update⁽⁶⁾	Recovery Boot ⁽⁷⁾ Firmware Update⁽⁶⁾ FPGA Config ⁽⁴⁾	Recovery Boot ⁽⁷⁾	Microsoft .NET	⁽⁹⁾	Framework Version≥ 4.0.30319, recommended

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

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⁽⁶⁾ Based on both CyUSB.dll and TE_USB_FX2_CyUSB.dll

⁽⁷⁾ Based on CyUSB.dll

⁽⁸⁾ Version ≥ 2.0

⁽⁹⁾ Version≥ 4.0.30319)

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