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diego73
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How many times I can reprogram my Spartan 6 device?

Hello,  I'm new to these forums, I read some post and I would like to ask something that hasconfused me:
How many times I can download a bitstream to a Spartan 6 (XC6LX45T) FPGA?, I have worked with ARM and they can only be reprogrammed about 10000 times, after the program memory is damaged.
In the data sheet of the Spartan 6 says that the configuration file is saved in CCLs(CMOS latches), and for that reason can be reprogrammed an unlimited number of times, but that's for LUTs.
Thank you very much and wait for answer!

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austin
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Registered: ‎02-27-2008

Re: How many times I can reprogram my Spartan 6 device?

Yes,

 

It is called CMOS static RAM, and it may be reprogrammed infinitely many times.

 

 

Austin Lesea
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Xilinx San Jose
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diego73
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Re: How many times I can reprogram my Spartan 6 device?

Nice to hear that, thank you very much for your time and help!