To select an image, remove the comment ';' in front of the appropriate line and ensure that all other

APPFILE: references are preceded by the comment character. In the following example, the

board.txt selects Application Note 511 which is the Cortex-M3 DesignStart Eval.

BOARD: HBI0263

TITLE: Motherboard configuration file

[MCCS]

MBBIOS: mbb_v217.ebf ; MB BIOS IMAGE

[APPLICATION NOTE] ; Please select the required

processor

;APPFILE: AN382/an382_v2.txt ; - Cortex-M0

;APPFILE: AN383/an383_v2.txt ; - Cortex-M0+

;APPFILE: AN384/an384_v2.txt ; - Cortex-M1

;APPFILE: AN385/an385_v2.txt ; - Cortex-M3

;APPFILE: AN386/an386_v2.txt ; - Cortex-M4

;APPFILE: AN399/an399_v2.txt ; - Cortex-M7

;APPFILE: AN400/an400_v2.txt ; - Cortex-M4 with coresight

;APPFILE: AN387/an387_v3.txt ; - Cortex-M0 DesignStart

APPFILE : AN511/an511_v1.txt ; - Cortex M3 DesignStart

4. Specify the bit file to use. Modify the file an511_v1.txt located in the MB\HBI0263C\AN511 folder.

Use the following line to select which bit file to load:

F0FILE: an511_v1.rbe ;FPGA0 Filename

Note

ARM supplies an encrypted prebuilt bit file (.rbe) with the MPS2+ platform. If you are rebuilding the

bit file, the file produced is not encrypted (.rbf). Therefore, if you are not using the prebuilt FPGA

image and you are modifying an511_v1.txt, it is necessary to change the file extension from .rbe

to .rbf.

5. When you have completed steps 3 and 4, save and close both files. Eject the V2M_MPS2 volume using

Windows Explorer.

6. Press the ON button on the MPS2+ platform. When the bit file completes loading, either the board

LEDs stop flashing, or a splash screen is displayed on the LCD display. The board is then ready to

use.

Note

If the FPGA does not seem to have loaded correctly, then check the log.txt in the root directory of

the MPS2+ platform. This log file contains the details of which files were loaded at boot-up.

6 FPGA build

6.1 Build flow

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