Tag Archives: Xilinx

Virtual machine installation for ISE 14.7/Impact

Posted on January 13, 2025 by mki

Impact -as part of the ISE tool chain- is required to program older Xilinx FPGAs (respective their attached FLASH memory chips), like the Spartan-2 family on the SIS3316 VME digitizer. The document below describes how to install a virtual machine … Continue reading →

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XC18V04 Serial Prom IDCODE not recognized by Impact

Posted on August 18, 2016 by mki

SIS3100, SIS3300, SIS3301 SIS3820 and several other Struck boards use the Xilinx XC18V04 Serial PROM to hold the firmware that is uploaded to the FPGA at power up. Depending on the Impact version and the Silicon of the XC18V04  you may get … Continue reading →

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SIS8300-L2 Firmware with PME_turn_off Workaround

Posted on August 5, 2016 by mki

The (non AXI) PCI Express endpoint of the Virtex 6 can be rendered inaccessible after a PME_turn_off command (from a CPU reboot). A core reset was added to the pcie_interface.vhd as a workaround in that situation with minor firmware revision … Continue reading →

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