Digilent Spartan 3A/3AN Starter Kit...USB JTAG flash programming tutorial

[parvy]

Hi Guys,

I am new to FPGA work and  recently bought a Spartan 3A/3AN Starter Kit

I have been able to program the FPGA via  JTAG USB cable and the iMPACT (xlinx ISE 14.7) Software.

The problem is that when I disconnect power, I lose the program. How do I program it so it will continue its operation after power is lost?

I know that i have to program one of the flash memories on the board for it to be non volatile (which should upload the program to the FPGA on power up)

The user manual is not clear and I  find it quite confusing as how to do this.

Can anyone recommend any tutorials or further posts/notes in order to achieve this please?

Much appreciated

Best regards

Parvy

 

[jpeyron]

Hi @parvy,

Here is xapp974 that might be helpful.

Thank you,

Jon

 

 

 

 

[parvy]

Hi @jpeyron

Thank you so much for that.

I will go through that note carefully and let you know how i get on.

Thanks a lot once again

Parvy