Remote programming systems and methods for programmable logic devices

A method for managing a remotely programmable, programmable logic device (remote PLD), the method comprising:

• forming a communications link between the remote PLD and a remote PLD management system node of a remote PLD management system over a communications network via a communication module of the remote PLD or a host device configured to interface with the remote PLD over a programmable input/output (I/O) of the remote PLD;
• receiving a protected configuration image from the remote PLD management system node over the communications link, wherein the forming the communications link comprises subscribing to receive messages on one or more first topics via a publish-subscribe messaging protocol in which subscribers subscribe to topics with a PLD configuration broker, and a PLD configuration publisher publishes messages by sending messages and associated topics to the PLD configuration broker, wherein the topics are hierarchical topics corresponding to hierarchical permission access sanctioning tied to protected configuration images;
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• programming a PLD fabric of the remote PLD according to the protected configuration image, wherein the protected configuration image is stored in and/or retrieved from a non-volatile memory (NVM) of the remote PLD or the host device and/or coupled through the programmable I/O and/or an external interface of the remote PLD to the PLD fabric.

A method for managing a remotely programmable, programmable logic device (remote PLD), the method comprising:

• generating, by the remote PLD, an operational alert based, at least in part, on an operational anomaly associated with the remote PLD and/or a host device configured to interface with the remote PLD over a programmable input/output (I/O) of the remote PLD and/or on telemetry data associated with operation of the remote PLD and/or the host device;
• forming a communications link between the remote PLD and a remote PLD management system node of a remote PLD management system over a communications network via a communication module of the remote PLD or the host device, wherein the forming the communications link comprises subscribing to receive messages on one or more first topics via a publish-subscribe messaging protocol in which subscribers subscribe to topics with a PLD configuration broker, and a PLD configuration publisher publishes messages by sending messages and associated topics to the PLD configuration broker, wherein the topics are hierarchical topics corresponding to hierarchical permission access sanctioning tied to protected configuration images;
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• providing the operational alert to the remote PLD management system node over the formed communications link.