filProgramFPGA

Load programming file onto FPGA

Syntax

filProgramFPGA(fpgaTool,programFile,chainPosition)

Description

filProgramFPGA(fpgaTool,programFile,chainPosition) loads a bit file onto an FPGA using the toolchain specified by fpgaTool.

Examples

Load Programming File to AMD FPGA

Program an AMD^® FPGA.

First, set your system environment for accessing AMD tools from MATLAB^® by using the hdlsetuptoolpath function.

hdlsetuptoolpath('ToolName','Xilinx Vivado',...
                 'ToolPath','C:\Vivado\2021.1\Win\bin\vivado')

Next, program the FPGA using the programming file /dir/mybitstream.bit at JTAG chain position 1.

filProgramFPGA('AMD Vivado','/dir/mybitstream.bit',1);

Load Programming File to Intel FPGA

Program an Intel^® FPGA.

First, set your system environment for accessing Intel tools from MATLAB by using the hdlsetuptoolpath function.

hdlsetuptoolpath('ToolName','Altera Quartus II',...
                 'ToolPath','C:\altera\20.1\quartus\bin\quartus.exe');

Next, program the FPGA using the programming file /dir/mybitstream.bit at JTAG chain position 1.

filProgramFPGA('Intel','/dir/mybitstream.bit',1);

Input Arguments

fpgaTool — FPGA and toolchain vendor

'AMD ISE' | 'AMD Vivado' | 'Intel' | 'Microchip'

FPGA toolchain vendor, specified as 'Intel', 'AMD ISE','AMD Vivado', or 'Microchip'.

Data Types: char | string

programFile — Name of programming file

character vector | string scalar

Name of the programming file to load to the FPGA, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

Example: 'arty.runs\impl_1\design_1.bit'

Data Types: char | string

chainPosition — JTAG chain position

nonnegative integer

JTAG chain position, specified as a nonnegative integer.

• If you specify fpgaTool as 'AMD ISE' or 'AMD Vivado', chainPosition is a required input.

• If you specify fpgaTool as 'Intel', specifying chainPosition is optional. If you do not specify chainPosition in this case, the function assumes a value of 1.

• If you specify fpgaTool as 'Microchip', the function ignores chainPosition.

Version History

Introduced in R2011a