wiki:sysace/preface

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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
  • Any size flash card
  • WARP main 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
  • Software-based reconfiguration projects must contain the SysACE controller peripheral available through BSB (has been included in the WARP XBD file)