Availability Devices
(Menu) : Tools » Scan Hard Chain...
(Toolbar) : FpgaFlow Standard

Description This command is used to interrogate the Hard Devices chain and report all physical FPGA devices that are detected.

Use This command is only available when the Devices view is configured to be 'Live'. To enter this mode, ensure that the Live option in the Devices view is enabled.

After launching the command, the Hard Devices chain is interrogated. The Scanning Hard-Devices JTAG Chain dialog will appear listing all physical FPGA devices that are found along the chain. For each device, the following information will be listed:

Vendor

Family

Device

Package

Speed Grade

Temperature Grade

ID Code.

Notes A physical FPGA device may be located on a NanoBoard or a User/Production board that is connected to a NanoBoard. In the case of a NanoBoard, the board will have a single physical FPGA device associated with it, located on a Daughter Board plug-in.

The devices listed in the dialog will be those that appear on the Hard Devices chain in the Devices view.

The host computer is connected to the NanoBoard(s) via a single JTAG link. Multiplexing at both ends (NanoBoard Controller and host software) enables the three distinct chains - NanoBoard Controllers, Hard Devices and Soft Devices - to be interrogated, or scanned, over this single JTAG link.

Process FpgaFlow:RunDiagnostic

Parameters Action=ScanFpgaChain

Links Refresh status of Hard and Soft devices
Scan NanoBoard Chain
Scan Soft Device Chain
Test Cable Connections