6916 - Avant-E Evaluation Board: How to speed up the Avant-E Evaluation Board boot/configuration time through external SPI flash?

6916 - Avant-E Evaluation Board: How to speed up the Avant-E Evaluation Board boot/configuration time through external SPI flash?

To speed up the Avant-E Evaluation Board, you need to follow the steps described in the following.

Resources used:

Hardware:

·         Avant-E Evaluation Board REV B

·         HW-USBN-2B Lattice Programming Cable

Software:

·         Radiant Software 2022.1.1.289.4

·         Radiant Programmer 2022.1.1.289.4

·         Deployment Tool 2022.1.1.289.4


Steps:

1.) Bitstream Generation

Use the default Avant-E Default Demo Project found on below link without modifying anything.

Link: https://www.latticesemi.com/products/developmentboardsandkits/avant-e-evaluation-board

·         Run up to Export Files to generate the bitstream.

2.) Deployment Tool

Once the bitstream has been generated from the default project, you can now proceed to the Deployment Tool.

Launch Deployment Tool 2022.1.1.289.4 version. Function Type: External Memory Output File Type: Hex Conversion