HowToEraseXilinxXC9500devicesusingISE10.

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Author:MarioBlunk

Abstract:GuidelinetoeraseobsoleteXILINXCPLDsusinganSVFfile.

Contents
1TheProblem.......................................................................................................................1
2Workaround........................................................................................................................3
3UsefulLinks........................................................................................................................9
4Disclaimer...........................................................................................................................9

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1 TheProblem

CPLDdevicesoftheXC9500seriessometimesrefusetobeerasedwhenusingISElater
thanversion3.3.AnearlysignofthisproblemisannouncedbyISEwheninitializingthe
scanchain(autodetectingdevices)ordoingtheIDCODEcheck.

Reason:
SomedeviceshaveanIDCODEnotmatchingtherequiredcodeof0010bintheupper
fourbitsofthe32bitIDCODEasshownbelow:

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Consequences:

ISEassumesanunsupporteddeviceastarget.
AftermodifyingtheIDCODEinthebasingBSDLfile,assigningthe*.jedfiletothe
target,overridingthewarningofanunsupporteddevice,programmingthedevice
fails.Itfailsbecausethedevicesaffectedtonotsupportthenewerandfasterbulk
erasemechanism.ThismechanismisusedbyISE.ThereisnooptionintheISE
userinterfacetochangebacktotheolderbutslowersectorederasemechanism.
Thedevicecannotbeerasedthisway!

2 Workaround
ToerasethedeviceviavectorederasinganSVFfilehastobewrittenandplayed.Sinceit
isalargeASCIIfile,hereistheURLtoit:
http://www.blunkelectronic.de/ise/erase_sectored_fast.svf

Note:IwrotethisfilebyguessingandprayingtoJesusChristsinceXILINXdoesnot
disclosethealgorithmforsectorederasing.Theremaybesectorsleftandnot
erasedwithinthedevicewhichIhavenotfiguredoutyet.

1. Changetodirectory/opt/Xilinx/10.1/ISE/xc9500/data

2. Openthefilexc95xx.bsd(e.g.xc9572.bsd)withatexteditorlikeNotepadorKate.

3. ChangethesectiondefiningtheexpectedIDCODEthisway:

attribute IDCODE_REGISTER of XC9572 : entity is

"00XX" & -- version
"1001010100000100" & -- part number
"00001001001" & -- manufacturer's id
"1";

4. Savethefileandexityoureditor.

5. (Re)assigntheconfigurationfile(*.jed)toyourtargetandclickonOKwhenthis
messagecomesup:

ThemodifiedBSDLfilealsogetsreloadedonrestartofISEorImpact.

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6. DotheIDCODEcheck.ItpassesnowsincetheIDbits28and29(X'ed)getnot
checkedanymore.

7. NowyouneedtoassigntheSVFfiletoyourtargetasshownbelow:

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8. PlaytheSVFanddon'tcareaboutthewarnings.

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 IfitfailsyoushouldincreasethedelayswrittenintheSVFfile(Ireducedthemto
getitplayingasfastaspossible.)e.g.:

RUNTEST 1000000 TCK;

SDR 27 TDI (01c000fe) TDO (00000003) MASK (00000003) ;

Ifitpassesthedeviceshouldbeblank.

9. Assignyour*.jedfiletoyourtarget.

10. SayYEStothewarningbelow:

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11. Setprogrammingpropertiessothaterasingisunchecked(RememberISEwill
erroneouslytrythebulkerasealgorithmifEraseBeforeProgrammingischecked.)

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12. Programyourtarget:

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3 UsefulLinks

EAGLEanaffordableandveryefficient
schematicsandlayouttoolat
http://www.cadsoftusa.com/

4 Disclaimer
Thisdocumentisbelievedtobeaccurateandreliable.Idonotassumeresponsibilityfor
anyerrorswhichmayappearinthisdocument.Ireservetherighttochangeitatanytime
withoutnotice,anddonotmakeanycommitmenttoupdatetheinformationcontained
herein.

Iappreciateeveryhintorcriticstoimprovethequalityofthisdocument.Pleasesendyour
feedbacktomario.blunk@blunkelectronic.de.

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