EE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 1Boise State UniversityDigital Systems Laboratoryby Arlen Planting, S. M. LooDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringBoise State UniversityEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 2Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryIntroduction• This tutorial will introduce the Xilinx iMPACT DeviceConfiguration Software– You will learn how to configure/program the FPGA with thegiven bit file• This tutorial has been prepared by your friendly neighborhood lab assistant andcourse instructor• By Arlen Planting & S. M. LooEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 3Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryStart iMPACT• Find the iMPACT Icon on theDesktop and double-click theicon• If the iMPACT icon is not onthe desktop, Start→Programs→Xilinx→Accessories→iMPACT• iMPACT will start with awizard for configuration andwe wish to Configure DevicesEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 4Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryConfigure Devices• We are going to do aBoundary ScanEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 5Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryBoundary Scan Mode Selection• Let iMPACT find thedevicesEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 6Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryResults of Boundary-Scan• iMPACT should find2 devices onSpartan-3 Starter KitEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 7Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratorySelect BIT file to download• Select the correctBIT file.• This is a veryproblematic step.iMPACT remembersthe last bit filedownloaded, so ifyou are downloadinga new bit file makesure that you arepointed at thecorrect file anddirectory.EE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 8Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryBypass MCS file• Bypass this option fornow• Note file type iMPACTis looking forEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 9Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryReady to Program• iMPACT should beready to program theFPGA• Note the informationfor the devicesEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 10Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryStart Program• Right click the 1stdevice and selectProgramEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 11Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryProgram Options• No options to selectEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 12Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryDownloading …• iMPACT will configurethe deviceEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 13Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryFailed• If you get this goback to slide 10 andtry it again• Retry just a couple oftimesEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 14Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratorySuccess• Now you are ready touse the FPGAEE230L Introduction to Xilinx iMPACT 15Boise State UniversityDigital Systems LaboratoryExit• Exit iMPACT butdon’t save