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16 years ago

Programming FPGA chip

If I want to implement a single FPGA chip on a PCB which is the transciever that I want to design using the Eagle program. :confused: So how can I get a single FPGA chip and program then use it...
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16 years ago

> You can't program the FPGA and put it on another board, as the configuration is

> volatile and will disappear when you turn the power off.

You can build a kind of header board for your PCB containing the FPGA and a battery, to carry a programmed FPGA which has no flash on chip or on board to a certain place, where programming is not possible (e.g. because of a "no laptop here"-rule in military environments) -it really works!