Primary Boot Interfaces Table - Primary Boot Interfaces Table - AM026

Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Prime Series Gen 2 Technical Reference Manual (AM026)

Document ID
AM026
Release Date
2025-12-23
Revision
1.3 English

The following table lists the characteristics of the supervised and autonomous boot interfaces.

The pins used for each MIO boot interface are shown as shaded cells in the tables in the MIO-at-a-Glance Tables section.

The interfaces are described in detail in various other sections of the TRM.

Table 1. Primary Boot Interfaces Table
Boot Interface Mode [3:0] Pins Secure Boot Capable Data Bus Width Description
Interfaces controlled by external devices (supervised)
JTAG² 0000 Yes 1-bit Dedicated JTAG interface, see JTAG Boot Mode.
SelectMAP 1010 Yes 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit SelectMAP parallel bus interface, see SelectMAP Boot Mode.
Interfaces controlled by on-chip controllers (autonomous)
OSPI 1000 Yes 8-bit OSPI interface supports single and dual-stacked flash devices, see OSPI Flash Boot Mode.
QSPI24 0001 Yes 1-bit, 2-bit, 4-bit

(single or dual-stacked)

8-bit (dual-parallel)
QSPI interface supports the 24-bit (3-byte) flash addresses 1 , see QSPI Flash Boot Mode.
QSPI32 0010 Yes 1-bit, 2-bit, 4-bit

(single or dual-stacked)

8-bit (dual-parallel)
QSPI interface supports the 32-bit (4-byte) flash addresses. 32-bit flash addressing is required to address flash devices that are greater than 128 Mb. 1
eMMC v5.1 0110 Yes 4-bit eMMC v5.1 interface, see eMMC v5.1 Boot Mode.
SD v2.0 0101 Yes 4-bit SD v2.0 interface, see SD Flash Boot Mode.
SD v3.0 first 0011 Yes 4-bit SD v3.0 interface (first pin out option), see SD Flash Boot Mode.
SD v3.0 second 1110 Yes 4-bit SD v3.0 interface (second pin out option), see SD Flash Boot Mode.
UFS 1011 Yes GTs Universal flash storage v3.1 interface with gigabit transceiver interface.
Note: The UFS interface uses high-speed I/O transceivers that require on-board clocking circuitry.
  1. For quad SPI single flash or dual-stacked flash setups, only a subset of the MIO interface pins listed are required and the MIO interface pins can be used for other peripherals. See the boot interface diagrams for more information.
  2. A PCB hardware option that allows the primary boot mode to be switched to JTAG boot mode from another boot mode is recommended for enabling JTAG boot mode at power-on. JTAG boot mode enables immediate access after power on reset to extended JTAG instructions in non-secure devices for debug or booting a PDI via JTAG. Otherwise, for other primary boot modes, JTAG access to extended JTAG instructions is not available until after the primary boot attempt succeeds or fails or times-out, and may require additional register-write/soft-reset sequences.