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Installing a custom FPGA bitfile

If you have built your own FPGA bitfile, or if you have obtained one via a route other than an application

note, it can be installed on the board by writing it to the correct location in the configuration directory tree.

FPGA bitfiles have filename extension .bit, and should be written to the appropriate directory beneath MB

on the mass storage device, for example:

<V2M_MPS3_drive>\MB\HBI0309B\CUSTOM\custom.bit

FPGA bitfiles have associated with them a configuration text file, for example custom.txt which specifies

clock frequencies and such like. This file must correctly point to the FPGA bitfile:

[FPGAS]

TOTALFPGAS: 1 ;Total Number of FPGAs

F0FILE: custom.bit ;FPGA0 Filename ← edit this filename

F0MODE: FPGA ;FPGA0 Programming Mode

To keep things tidy, you may also change the name of the text file to match the name of the new FPGA

bitfile, but you must then edit a file in the directory above, V2M_MPS3_drive>\MB\HBI0309B\board.txt,

so that it points to the FPGA configuration text file.

[APPLICATION NOTE] ;Please select the required processor

APPFILE: CUSTOM\custom.txt ;My custom design ← edit this path

Hints and tips

All directory names on the board's configuration mass storage device must be in upper case. All file names

must be in lower case and must conform to the 8.3 naming convention (that is, they must have a filename no

longer than eight characters and an extension no longer than three characters, for example filename.ext

Where to go from here

• Visit the developer webpage:

https://developer.arm.com/mps3

• Watch the online videos on the MPS3 board here :

https://community.arm.com/developer/tools-software/oss-platforms/w/docs/216/mps3-fpga-

prototyping-system

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