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An FPGA Program Burning Method Based on ARM Platform Linux System

LIN Zhiwu1,2, DANG Chengbin1,2, LIU Enfeng1,2, PANG Guanshi1,2

(1.EVOC Smart IoT Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518107, China; 2.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Control System Information Security Technology, Shenzhen 518107, China)

Section：Electronic Engineering · Vol. 2025, Issue 7 · Pages：19-23,28 · 2096-4706（2025）07-0019-06 · CLC number：TP316.8；TN401 · Document code：A · DOI：10.19850/j.cnki.2096-4706.2025.07.005

Abstract

Aiming at the problem that the FPGA program needs to use the program burner, and the burning speed is slow when the machine chassis is open, a method of burning the FPGA program under the Linux system of the ARM platform is proposed. This method is based on PCIe device driver and SPI controller driver. The FPGA is used as a PCIe device, registered into the kernel, and accesses the PCIe configuration space, so as to operate the registers of SPI Flash plugged on the FPGA, and realize the read and write operation of the program execution file in the specified area of SPI Flash in the Linux system. The experimental results show that the proposed FPGA program burning method does not require additional burners and machine chassis opening lids. It is simple and fast to operate, fast to burn, and reduces the cost of after-sales program burning.

Keywords

FPGA program burning; ARM; Linux operating system; PCIe interface; SPI Flash

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About the authors

Lin Zhiwu (1996-), male, Han ethnicity, from Zhanjiang, Guangdong, holds a master's degree and specializes in embedded systems and control; Dang Chengbin (1983-), male, Han nationality, from Xining, Qinghai, engineer, undergraduate, research direction: industrial control computer systems.