Flash Programming

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

NOTE: Table needs to be updated with new firmwares

Offset	Name	File Name	Notes	Program Command	Verify Command
0x100000	Golden T2	AMC13T2Golden.mcs AMC13T2Golden_6slx25t.mcs AMC13T2Golden_6slx45t.mcs	Backup Spartan firmware	pbs	vbs
0x0	Header	AMC13T2Header.mcs AMC13T2Header_6slx25t.mcs AMC13T2Header_6slx45t.mcs	80 byte header which "never" changes	pfh	vfh
0x400000	AMC13T1	AMC13T1vX.mcs	Current Virtex-6 firmware	pk (or pv)	vk (or vv)
0x200000	AMC13T2	AMC13T2vX.mcs	Current Spartan-6 firmware	ps	vs

Use the commands listed in the table in the AMC13Tool2 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