Preface

Developing systems that incorporate SystemACE functionality on WARP is easy. This short document will teach the user several items of interest:

1. Formatting and loading systems on a flash card
2. Reconfiguring a system on flash via hardware
3. Reconfiguring a system on flash via software
4. Implementing a FAT file system

Required Hardware

• CF-read device for PC
• CompactFlash card (1GB maximum)
• WARP FPGA board

Required Software

• iMPACT (Xilinx ISE accessory application)
• XPS
• ​mkdosfs (free, available @ ​http://www.mager.org/mkdosfs/)
• Succesfully generated WARP XPS projects
  • Any project will work for hardware reconfiguration. UPDATE: The sysace controller can load any system off of a CF without the systemACE peripheral included. To switch to another system, however, without the controller and lock function called, may require the power+cycling of the board.
  • Software-based reconfiguration projects must contain the SysACE controller peripheral available through BSB (has been included in the WARP XBD file)

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