Flash Programming

The AMC13 flash memory is divided into 4 regions as follows:

Offset	Name	File Name	Notes	Program Command	Verify Command
0x0	Header	AMC13T2Header.mcs	80 byte header which "never" changes	PFH	vfh
0x100000	Golden T2	AMC13T2Golden.mcs	Backup Spartan firmware	PBS	vbs
0x200000	AMC13T2	AMC13T2vX.mcs	Current Spartan-6 firmware	PS	vs
0x400000	AMC13T1	AMC13T1vX.mcs	Current Virtex-6 firmware	PV	vv

Use the commands listed in the table in the AMC13Tool utility for programming. Current firmware (MCS files) are available in Wu's Directory.

Reference Links

• DCC2Programmer.cc – flash programming code on DCC2
• M25P128.pdf – SPI flash memory chip data sheet
• lrb400_chip3fff.mcs – sample MCS file for format example (not for AMC13!)
• Xilinx description of MCS file format

-- EricHazen - 06 Dec 2011