{"title":"Using partial reconfigurability to aid debugging of FPGA designs","authors":"A. Ehliar, J. Siverskog","doi":"10.1109/SPL.2011.5782651","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the use of partial reconfigurability in Xilinx FPGA designs in order to aid debugging. A debugging framework is proposed where the use of partial reconfigurability can allow for added flexibility by allowing a debugger to decide at run time what debugging module to use. This paper also presents an open source debugging tool which allows a user to read-out the contents of memory blocks in Xilinx designs without needing to use any JTAG adapter. This allows a user to debug an FPGA in situations which would otherwise be difficult, i.e. in the field.","PeriodicalId":6329,"journal":{"name":"2011 VII Southern Conference on Programmable Logic (SPL)","volume":"34 2","pages":"215-220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2011 VII Southern Conference on Programmable Logic (SPL)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SPL.2011.5782651","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper discusses the use of partial reconfigurability in Xilinx FPGA designs in order to aid debugging. A debugging framework is proposed where the use of partial reconfigurability can allow for added flexibility by allowing a debugger to decide at run time what debugging module to use. This paper also presents an open source debugging tool which allows a user to read-out the contents of memory blocks in Xilinx designs without needing to use any JTAG adapter. This allows a user to debug an FPGA in situations which would otherwise be difficult, i.e. in the field.