Working with a coolrunner2 CPLD. Is there a way to erase whatever has been programmed into the CPLD, without using JTAG?
CPLD erase??
Mar 21, 2007
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As far as I know, the only way to erase/program Xilinx CPLDs is via JTAG.
-Dave Pollum
Unless you're stor> As far as I know, the only way to erase/program Xilinx CPLDs is via
For erasure, thermite works too. A hammer may work but is not as certain.
well... the CPLD I'm using is in a BGA package (which means I can't attach leads to the pins), and another device on the JTAG chain got stuck in reset, so the chain 'broke' and couldn't be accessed. That's why I was asking
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