XC1700L

Notes:
1. Stresses beyond those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only, and functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those listed under Operating Conditions is not implied. Exposure to Absolute Maximum Ratings conditions for extended periods of time may affect device reliability.

The XC1700 family of configuration PROMs provides an easy-to-use, cost-effective method for storing large Xilinx FPGA configuration bitstreams.

When the  XC1700  FPGA is in Master Serial mode, it generates a configuration clock that drives the PROM. A short access time after the rising clock edge, data appears on the PROM DATA output pin that is connected to the FPGA DIN pin. The FPGA generates the appropriate number of clock pulses to complete the configuration. Once configured, it disables the PROM. When the FPGA is in Slave Serial mode, the PROM and the FPGA must both be clocked by an incoming signal. Multiple devices can be concatenated by using theCEO output to drive the CE input of the following device. The clock inputs and the DATA outputs of all PROMs in this chain are interconnected.

All  XC1700  devices are compatible and can be cascaded with other members of the family. For device programming, either the Xilinx Alliance or Foundation series development system compiles the FPGA design file into a standard Hex format, which is then transferred to most commercial PROM programmers.