Program a Daisy Chain

About this task

In this programming mode, you specify any number of images to configure a daisy chain of FPGAs. You can choose active or passive configuration for first FPGA; the rest are in passive mode.

Procedure

  1. Click the Combine Multiple Images button.
  2. Select Daisy Chain as the Mode.
  3. Enter the output file name.
  4. Choose the output file location. The default is the project's outflow directory.
  5. Click Add Image to add a file to the daisy chain.
  6. Repeat step 5 to add as many files as you want to the chain. Use the up/down arrows to re-order the images if needed.
  7. Click Apply to generate the combined image file.
  8. Click Close to return to the Programmer, which displays the combined image file as the image to use for programming.
  9. Click Start Program.