Migrating Static Systems to Partially Reconfigurable Systems on Spartan-6 FPGAs

In this paper we present a design flow for migrating a static only FPGA system into a system featuring partial runtime reconfiguration. The migration can lower device cost and benefits future extendibility. The migration flow with our tool Go Ahead is described in detail. In contrast to present EDA tools, Go Ahead is the first tool that allows to build systems with partial runtime reconfiguration on Spartan-6 FPGAs. A case study will demonstrate the migration of a static only design into a partially reconfigurable system.