Use SPI flash to boot the NB3000XN/AL with a combined image

The NanoBoard 3000XN and AL provide a number of options for auto-configuring the onboard FPGA:
The SPI Flash memory inside the Spartan 3AN (NB3000XN board only).
The two SPI Flash devices on the NanoBoard itself – the Embedded Flash and the Boot Flash.
There’s also a handy utility included in the Altium reference designs that makes it easy to create a combined hardware/firmware boot code, which can be applied to whichever Flash memory you use.

Connecting to Altium Designer with JTAG

Even though Nanoboards are ultra cool, many of our users also have other FPGA development boards as well as their own targeted full custom FPGA boards. Altium Designer is made to work with FPGAs in any of these situations.

If you have an FPGA development board, or your own FPGA board, as long as it uses a supported FPGA and a JTAG connector you can use it with Altium Designer.

Watch this video, and let me show you how to connect and configure your board and Altium Designer to work together for your FPGA development projects