Just simply replace `my_fpga_board` with any FPGA board from the [board compatibility list](board-compatibility-list.md) (or `openFPGALoader --list-boards`) in any of the two commands below, depending on if you want to program the volatile part of your FPGA (faster but not persistent) or the flash part of your FPGA (slower but persistent):
openFPGALoader -b my_fpga_board my_bitstream.bit # Program to SRAM
openFPGALoader -b my_fpga_board -f my_bitstream.bit # Program to flash
```
**Note:** When a bitstream file is compatible with both memory load and FLASH write, the default behavior is to load bitstream in memory
## Programming a "standalone" FPGA
If your FPGA doesn't come with a built-in programmer or if you prefer to use an external cable, you can specify a cable to use from the [cable compatibility list](cable-compatibility-list.md) (or `openFPGALoader --list-cables`):
```bash
openFPGALoader -c my_cable my_bitstream.bit # Program to SRAM
**Note:** For some cable (like digilent adapters) signals from the converter are not just directly to the FPGA. For this case, the -c must be added.
**FTDI/FTDI-compatible cable users:** The `-d` option lets you specify a specific FTDI device:
```bash
openFPGALoader -d /dev/ttyUSBX
```
When the `-d` option is not provided, openFPGALoader will opens the first FTDI adapter it finds. Therefore it is preferable to use this flag if your computer is connected to multiple FTDI devices.
## Troubleshooting
Please refer to [the troubleshooting documentation](troubleshooting.md).
