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16 years ago

Stratix III Remote Update

Hi all, for a Stratix III design I'm trying to choose an embedded reconfiguration scheme. Ideally I want to select a scheme where I can update the configuration device via a serial port with...
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16 years ago

Hi again Jake and all,

final questions:

I understand the the Remote Update scheme deals with selecting and reconfiguring the FPGA from different images/areas of the EPCS serial device. It's up to my design to look after recieving updates from my (remote) host and programming them into the EPCS

1. I'm assuming that both my Factory/fall-back image AND any application image I have will need to have the necessary functionally to recieve incoming data and program this data to the EPCS

2. Is there any foolproof mechanism to ensure that I don't inadvertently corrupt the Factory image and create a lockout situation (where the only remedy is to get the Byteblaster out)?

Many thanks,

Stephen