Soft Core Embedded Processor Based Built-In Self-Test of FPGAs

This paper presents the first implementation of Built-In Self-Test (BIST) of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) using a soft core embedded processor for reconfiguration of the FPGA resources under test, control of BIST execution, retrieval of BIST results, and fault diagnosis. The approach was implemented in Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs but is applicable to any FPGA that contains an internal configuration memory access port.1

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: DFT
• Authors: Bradley F. Dutton, Charles E. Stroud
• Keywords: BIST, BIST Execution, DFT 2009, Hardware, Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs