Need help getting started with BMM files


squirrelhavoc

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Hello, it's my first post. I have been lurking since I got my papilio one, but never had a reason to post until now.

 

I am reading about things such as zpuino and the like, and it looks like from what I read that the user program gets put in memory using BMM files (correct me if I am wrong). I read the into to fpga ebook, and the free range vhdl ebook as well, but they don't seem to touch much on this subject. I guess I am looking for the best way to add user data to my fpga program, and maybe someone can point me to a tutorial or something that will get me started on what to do first.

 

Thanks

Daniel

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Hello squirrelhavoc,

 

Sorry for the delayed response, things have been hectic.

 

The AVR8 uses BMM files but the ZPUino does not. The ZPUino has a bootloader that loads code from SPI Flash and it also has a special mode to program code into SPI Flash.

 

The AVR8 uses the data2mem tool and the BMM file to merge code into the BRAM section of a bit file, then that bit file is loaded to the Papilio.

 

If you want to learn more about how BMM files and data2mem work here are a couple resources from Xilinx:

http://www.xilinx.com/Attachment/Xilinx_Answer_46945_Data2Mem_Usage_and_Debugging_Guide.pdf

http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/sw_manuals/xilinx11/data2mem.pdf

 

You can also ask any questions here.

 

Jack.

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