Bitporter User Guide
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Preface
About this Guide
This guide provides details about device programming within the Achronix CAD
Environment (ACE), starting with an existing bitstream through to downloading and device
configuration.
This guide consists of the following chapters:
Chapter 1 – “Configuration Overview”
provides an overview of configuring Achronix
FPGAs.
Chapter 2 – “Software and Driver Install”
details the installation of the Bitporter USB drivers
and the Achronix STAPL player.
Chapter 3 – “Connecting the Bitporter Pod”
covers connecting the pod to a target device and
host PC.
Chapter 4 – “Using the Achronix STAPL Player”
covers the syntax and usage of the STAPL
player.
Reference Documents
ACE User Guide
(UG001)
ACE Installation and Licensing Guide
(UG002)
ACE Quick Start Guide
(UG003)
EIA/JEDEC Standard 71 (JESD71),
Standard Test and Programming Language (STAPL)
Conventions Used in this Guide
Item
Format
Examples
Command-line entries Formatted with the Courier bold
font face.
$
Open
top_level_name
.log
File Names
Formatted with the Courier font
face.
filename.ext
GUI buttons, menus
and radio buttons
Formatted with the Helvetica bold
font face.
Click
OK
to continue.
File
→
Open
Variables
Formatted with italic emphasis.
design_dir
/output.log
Window and dialog
box headings and
sub-headings
Heading formatted in quotation
marks.
Under “Output Files,” select ...
Window and dialog
box names
Initial caps.
From the Add Files dialog box, ...