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Program several devices at the same time with single JTAG chain

Kavin
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There are several Arria 10 FPGAs in my project,and four FPGAs use the same design,  i want to program these FPGAs with  single JTAG chain.Serial program wil take plenty of time ,is it possible to progam these four FPGAs at the same time?

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JohnT_Intel
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Hi,


If you are connecting the FPGA in the JTAG chain, then you can program all the device in the single flow but the device will be configured sequentially.


Kavin
New Contributor I
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Hi JohnT,

Thanks for reply.If these FPGAs are configured sequentially, no time will be saved. I want configure 5 FPGAs parallely, since these 5 FPGAs' bitstream is the same.

Kavin

JohnT_Intel
Employee
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Hi,


If the bitstream is the same then you can programmed all the FPGA at the same time through flash. JTAG will not support it.


You may refer to https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/literature/hb/arria-10/a10_handbook.pdf Figure 143 or Figure 148


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