Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for verifying compatibility between a configuration image file bitstream for a programmable logic device (PLD) and an electrical circuit incorporating the PLD. The circuit includes an embedded processor, at least one memory device, and at least one input/output (I/O) device. A computer processing arrangement receives a user selection of the target image file, a first identifier of a first set of electrical circuit designs with which the target image file is compatible; and makes a determination whether or not the first circuit has a design included in the first set by comparing the first identifier with a second identifier, the second identifier corresponding to a design definition of the circuit.