MEV RSU |
Do you need PCIe remote update on Cyclone IV GX?
- Are you thinking of developing PCI express (PCIe) devices on the Altera Cyclone IV GX?
- Do you use EPCS flash to store the FPGA firmware?
- Would you like to be able to update the design without having to return the device to the factory?
- Would you like be able to test your prototype PCIe hardware with a tried and tested PCIe design and have a mechanism for loading your bespoke design easily?
- Would you like a simple way to use Altera’s remote update system to deploy new solutions?
MEV’s remote system update solution for Cyclone IV GX based PCIe devices is a mechanism for updating bespoke FPGA firmware via PC software over the PCIe interface instead of having to return the device to the factory to be reprogrammed.
MEV remote system update solution (RSU) for Cyclone IV GX is proven, fully featured technology that is available off the shelf.
RSU allows you to include a remote update facility without incurring the costs of developing your own factory default image, driver and/or update application. The MEV RSU is a complete PCIe solution including hardware, software device driver, application software and a fully documented software development kit to facilitate integration into your product’s software. MEV supply
- A standard factory image as EPCS flash or as an IP block
- A standard Altera Cyclone IV PCIe EPCS update device
- A Windows and/or Linux Driver compatible with 32 and 64 bit OS.
- A Windows user application to allow a new user imaged to be stored in EPCS flash
- A software development kit (SDK) so that a custom upgrade applications can be developed.
The solution is provided by experts in the field of PCIe solution development. MEV are UK based Microsoft Partner’s in “OEM Hardware Solutions Competency”. MEV provide signed drivers developed to a very high standard certified for all current Microsoft Windows 32/64 bit operating systems. With over 10 years experience developing embedded Linux solutions we can also provide fully a featured device driver and application for Linux operating systems.
RSU can be deployed onto the Altera Cyclone IV Development board allowing you to accelerate product development. There is no need to develop your own remote update solution. Integration of the solution into your software can start before your own hardware is ready. Once the prototype hardware is ready the solution can be used as a proven design, to allow you to design prove your hardware before your user logic is fully developed.