IPROG Embedded in the Bitstream - IPROG Embedded in the Bitstream - UG570

UltraScale Architecture Configuration User Guide (UG570)

Document ID
UG570
Release Date
2025-03-04
Revision
1.20.1 English

WBSTAR and the IPROG command can be embedded inside a bitstream. A safe bitstream is stored at address 0 (in BPI or SPI mode). Later, a new application bitstream can be added to flash by modifying the WBSTAR and the IPROG command in the first bitstream. The FPGA directly loads the new bitstream. If the new bitstream fails, configuration falls back to the original bitstream (see Fallback MultiBoot). The AMD tools insert the blank write into WBSTAR and a place holder for the IPROG command in every FPGA bitstream. For example, WBSTAR can be modified to a the required start address (see Warm Boot Start Address Register (10000)). A NULL command after WBSTAR can be modified to IPROG by setting the four LSB bits to all ones (see Command Register (00100)).

The following figure illustrates this use model.

Figure 1. PROG Embedded in the Bitstream