{"id":7447,"date":"2015-06-11T09:25:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T16:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=7447"},"modified":"2021-06-16T16:20:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T23:20:06","slug":"using-digilent-adept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/using-digilent-adept\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Digilent Adept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digilent Adept is a light-weight program that allows users to quickly load <em>.bit<\/em> files onto your FPGA chip. When you first start up Adept, you&#8217;ll see this:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7453\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/opening.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7453\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/opening-600x565.png\" alt=\"Adept opening screen\" width=\"600\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/opening.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/opening-225x212.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adept opening screen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can check it out and see that there are a few options and device details, but nothing is really happening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But, when you plug in your board (I&#8217;m using the Nexys 3), click on the <em>Connect<\/em> option to connect to your board.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7458\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/connect1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7458\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/connect1-600x582.png\" alt=\"Board Connected\" width=\"600\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/connect1.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/connect1-225x218.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board Connected<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When the board first connects, Adept will take you to the Config option first.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Config <\/strong>is how you are able to program your FPGA chip using Adept and a <em>.bit<\/em> file. Nowadays, this is the main feature that people will be using. You can select the .bit file of your choice and program your board quickly. That&#8217;s the power of Adept, you can quickly and easily configure your FPGA board.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can see that there are three other option: <strong>Register I\/O<\/strong>, <strong>File I\/O<\/strong>, and <strong>I\/O EX<\/strong>. These are only used for older boards, as they had programming options that are no longer standard in Digilent products.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/Products\/Detail.cfm?Prod=ADEPT2\">Go here to download Adept. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-7447 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='7447' data-nonce='1cb2a57891' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-7447 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-7447 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='7447' data-nonce='1cb2a57891' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-7447 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-7447 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digilent Adept is a light-weight program that allows users to quickly load .bit files onto your FPGA chip. 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