Fpga data persistence volatility

I was just wondering about the persistence/volatility of the various memory methods after cycling power to LabVIEW FPGA Devices? Is it possible to ensure that data persists after cycling power?
Jordan McBain, PhD
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Revolutionary Engineering
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There aren't that many memory techniques. You can store data on the FPGA either in logic gates, or in RAM. Both of those are volatile - they lose their contents when not powered. Some FPGA boards do have onboard non-volatile FLASH, but that is generally used to store a bitfile to be loaded on power-up. I do not know if it is possible for the FPGA to access the FLASH while running, but if it is you would need to write custom low-level (non-LabVIEW) code to do it, as there are no built-in functions that allow it.

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