摘要:
A reconfigurable device loads I/O configuration information from a diagnostic interface during testing. The device includes a configurable I/O connection for communicating values with other devices. A diagnostic interface communicates the value of the I/O connection to a tester. A diagnostic controller in the device has a first mode for communicating the value on the I/O connection to the tester via the diagnostic interface, and a second mode for receiving an I/O configuration attribute value for the I/O connection from the diagnostic interface thereby modifying the configuration of the I/O connection. The device also includes a configuration controller that retrieves device configuration information from a configuration device in response to a signal. The signal can originate from an external source or from the diagnostic controller in response to a configuration instruction received via the diagnostic interface. The diagnostic interface may be a JTAG interface.
摘要:
A programmable logic system includes a reconfigurable programmable logic device and configuration storage that stores at least two configurations. A default configuration loads first and then loads the desired user application configuration. If the user application configuration fails, the system saves data regarding the failure and then returns to the default configuration for recovery. The default configuration, after reading the failure data, causes an operator to be called to intervene, or loads a different (e.g., previous) configuration if one is available in configuration storage. The system is particularly useful where the user can update configurations remotely. In an alternative mode, the system stores only the user configuration (which is loaded first) and the default configuration. If a newly-loaded configuration fails, the default configuration is loaded and signals the operator or takes other action short of loading a different configuration.
摘要:
A programmable logic system includes a reconfigurable programmable logic device and configuration storage that stores at least two configurations. A default configuration loads first and then loads the desired user application configuration. If the user application configuration fails, the system saves data regarding the failure and then returns to the default configuration for recovery. The default configuration, after reading the failure data, causes an operator to be called to intervene, or loads a different (e.g., previous) configuration if one is available in configuration storage. The system is particularly useful where the user can update configurations remotely. In an alternative mode, the system stores only the user configuration (which is loaded first) and the default configuration. If a newly-loaded configuration fails, the default configuration is loaded and signals the operator or takes other action short of loading a different configuration.
摘要:
A programmable logic device architecture having logic elements with dedicated hardware to configure the look up tables of the logic element to either perform logic functions or to operate as a register for pipelining or other purposes. The programmable logic device includes a general interconnect and a plurality of logic array blocks interconnected by the general interconnect. Each of the plurality of logic blocks further includes one or more logic elements. The logic elements each include a first look up table, a second look up table, and dedicated hardware within the logic element to configure the first look table and the second look up table as a register without having to use the general interconnect. In one embodiment, the dedicated hardware includes a plurality of dedicated interconnects within the logic element to configure the two look up tables as a pair of cross coupled muxes or latches when configured as a register.
摘要:
A circuit arrangement includes a programmable logic device. The programmable logic device includes configuration logic circuitry. The programmable logic device also includes configurable interconnects. The circuit arrangement further includes a storage device configured to provide data to the programmable logic device. The storage device communicates with the programmable logic device via a bi-directional interface.
摘要:
Systems and methods are provided for avoiding memory address conflicts in systems containing shared memory. Upon system power up, programmable logic device integrated circuits, microprocessors, and other integrated circuits with processing capabilities are provided with unique initialization data memory addresses. Each unique initialization data memory address corresponds to a respective non-overlapping block of memory in the shared memory. During initialization operations, the integrated circuits retrieve initialization data from the shared memory using the unique initialization data memory addresses. The integrated circuits can be organized using a master-slave architecture. The master can load the initialization data memory addresses into the slave integrated circuits using communications circuitry that is active after the slaves have powered up but before the slaves have been initialized.
摘要:
A circuit arrangement includes a programmable logic device. The programmable logic device includes configuration logic circuitry. The programmable logic device also includes configurable interconnects. The circuit arrangement further includes a storage device configured to provide data to the programmable logic device. The storage device communicates with the programmable logic device via a bi-directional interface.
摘要:
An integrated circuit (IC) includes communication circuitry, a body bias generator, and a controller. The communication circuitry includes a physical medium attachment (PMA) and a physical coding sublayer (PCS). The body bias generator provides body bias signals to the PMA and PCS. The controller controls the body bias generator such that the body bias signals are controlled to improve a power consumption of the communication circuitry.
摘要:
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, precision control of error injection may be accomplished by way of synchronous error signals accompanying data transfers along various pipeline stages of a data path. The synchronous error signals may be used to trigger error events in a given protocol logic block (i.e. in a given sub-component of the data path). The protocol logic block is configurable to determine whether any action is to be taken upon the assertion of the error signal. Multiple error events may be triggered as the data signal (and its accompanying synchronous error signal) passes through pipelined functions of the data path so as to create complex error conditions. In addition, deterministic handling of created errors may be accomplished using a loopback path with bypassable blocks on both forward and reverse transformations. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
摘要:
The present application discloses apparatus and methods for increasing channel utilization for a high-speed serial interface of an integrated circuit (IC). A new circuit architecture is disclosed which provides circuitry that may be programmed flexibly to support a multitude of different channel bonding schemes. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the new architecture decouples the granularity of control-signal channel bonding from the granularity of data-aggregation channel bonding. This advantageously allows optimization of configurations for both types of channel bonding. In another aspect of the invention, the logical boundaries of bonded user channels are decoupled from the physical boundaries of the PCS modules. This decoupling advantageously eliminates a rigid constraint of previous architectures.