Terrible Fire Accelerators

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by Tachyon

Plasmab can you clarify something?



You said the latest release doesn't require the _INT2 (or _OVR) jumpers. Does that mean the latest software release or latest PCB release?

In other words, can someone with a Rev 2 PCB upgrade the CPLD firmware and eliminate the need for the jumpers or do they require a rev 3 PCB too?

Rev 2 does require INT2 but not OVR.
Rev 3 does not require OVR or INT2.
Rev 4 will not even have the header because it gets in the way of something else I'm adding

In terms of pushing this research forward I'm not planning to keep doing updates for older cards but it may be possible to to solder patch wires from AUX0 and AUX1 to IPL2 and IPL1 respectively and get the same functionality. You will not be able to get the interrupt pin for the SPI port though without cutting tracks and soldering to the RAM cpld.

You are also missing alot of grounding and power improvements on the rev2.

The short answer is that the older boards are what they are. If i make a leap in frequency from the firmware i'll backport but the features that required a board change like factoring out the OVR/INT2 stuff and the newer features in Rev4 will need a new board.

[Mr.Flibble]

Well, moment of truth coming up shortly..



CPLD's were interesting, but not bad once you get the technique down.

Just need to program them, and start checking things over.

[RichMK]

Looking good MrFlibble, now why did I choose yellow over that lol..

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by RichMK

Looking good MrFlibble, now why did I choose yellow over that lol..

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[Mr.Flibble]

Getting there, having some issues with the Xilinx ISE software at the moment - doesn't want to install on Windows 10, think I've found the solution though - run 32 bit installer apparently...

Edit, well, it installed after an age..

But now I'm having cable detection issues :/

[plasmab]

You cant use the 32bit software on 64bit with the USB driver (Simply doesn't work). To install the 64 bit software (and make it work) do this after install...

Originally Posted by Mr.Flibble

Getting there, having some issues with the Xilinx ISE software at the moment - doesn't want to install on Windows 10, think I've found the solution though - run 32 bit installer apparently...

Edit, well, it installed after an age..

But now I'm having cable detection issues :/

Re: Xilinx ISE installation problem on windows8
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‎05-19-2013 11:53 AM

For everyone trying to use Xilinx ISE 14.5 in Windows 8 x64. Rename libPortability.dll to libPortability.dll.orig, and copy libPortabilityNOSH.dll to libPortability.dll.

Do this in:
C:\Xilinx\14.5\ISE_DS\ISE\lib\nt64
C:\Xilinx\14.5\ISE_DS\common\lib\nt64 (copy dll from first location)

This turns off SmartHeap.

This will fix ISE and iMPACT crashes on file dialogs.

Nachum

This information was found from another thread, thank you howardp from Xilinx in this thread:
http://forums.xilinx.com/xlnx/board/...essage.id=1732

[Mr.Flibble]

Cheers, but the problem is that the 64bit installer errors out at the start, so I don't end up with anything installed...

Looking at a workaround at the moment...

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by Mr.Flibble

Cheers, but the problem is that the 64bit installer errors out at the start, so I don't end up with anything installed...

Looking at a workaround at the moment...

Weird. ISE 14.7? I installed that on a clean machine at the weekend. The error i got was it couldnt launch the license manager.

[Mr.Flibble]

Originally Posted by plasmab

Weird. ISE 14.7? I installed that on a clean machine at the weekend. The error i got was it couldnt launch the license manager.

No, I don't have that - it only came with 12.2 - is 14.7 a free download?

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by Mr.Flibble

No, I don't have that - it only came with 12.2 - is 14.7 a free download?

Yes.

https://www.xilinx.com/support/downl...ign-tools.html

Long download though.

S.

[Mr.Flibble]

Cheers, downloading...

Jeebus their server is slow

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by Mr.Flibble

Cheers, downloading...

Jeebus their server is slow

Yeah.. :'(

PM me if you have any more issues with it.

[havok1919]

Originally Posted by plasmab

This will fix ISE and iMPACT crashes on file dialogs.

Hah! Nice! I had an old 10.x install on my laptop that suddenly started doing the file dialog->crash thing to me when I fired it up again to program the 9572's (curiously, it used to work just fine when it was 'new' a number of years ago). I had assumed it was just my old install and something got clobbered over the years... Beats needing to make a new chain and associate files from scratch every time. ;-)

[Tachyon]

If you find the download sucks, it's because of their sh!t download manager. Skip it and get the files here instead:
https://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/57840.html

[Mr.Flibble]

Originally Posted by Tachyon

If you find the download sucks, it's because of their sh!t download manager. Skip it and get the files here instead:
https://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/57840.html

Awesome, cheers!

[Tachyon]

Originally Posted by Mr.Flibble

Awesome, cheers!

You're welcome. I was able to DL from those links at around 25 Mbps.

[keith]

Thanks guys as I am going to be bring up my first board, over the weekend, got a knock off xilinx, need to install impact. Will be triple checking the board before bring up, will be without cpu & fpu. Will be setting the current low 60-90ma as I hope not to be crying. I really will put some pics up.
Plasmab loved the awesome news and the latest live stream!

[Mr.Flibble]

Okay, got 14.7 installed and the cable drivers install correctly, but I'm still having cable detection issues when trying to do anything...

Welcome to iMPACT
iMPACT Version: 14.7
Project: C:\Xilinx\14.7\ISE_DS\\auto_project.ipf created.
// *** BATCH CMD : setMode -bs
// *** BATCH CMD : setMode -bs
// *** BATCH CMD : setMode -bs
// *** BATCH CMD : setMode -bs
GUI --- Auto connect to cable...
// *** BATCH CMD : setCable -port auto
INFO:iMPACT - Digilent Plugin: Plugin Version: 2.4.4
INFO:iMPACT - Digilent Plugin: no JTAG device was found.
AutoDetecting cable. Please wait.
*** WARNING ***: When port is set to auto detect mode, cable speed is set to default 6 MHz regardless of explicit arguments supplied for setting the baud rates
PROGRESS_START - Starting Operation.
Connecting to cable (Usb Port - USB21).
Checking cable driver.
 Driver file xusb_xlp.sys found.
 Driver version: src=1029, dest=1029.
 Driver windrvr6.sys version = 10.2.1.0. WinDriver v10.21 Jungo (c) 1997 - 2010 Build Date: Aug 31 2010 x86_64 64bit SYS 14:14:44, version = 1021.
 Cable PID = 0008.
 Max current requested during enumeration is 60 mA.
Type = 0x0004.
 Cable Type = 3, Revision = 0.
 Setting cable speed to 6 MHz.
write cmdbuffer failed 20000015.
Error reading reference voltage level.
Cable connection failed.
Connecting to cable (Parallel Port - LPT1).
Checking cable driver.
 Driver windrvr6.sys version = 10.2.1.0. WinDriver v10.21 Jungo (c) 1997 - 2010 Build Date: Aug 31 2010 x86_64 64bit SYS 14:14:44, version = 1021.
Cable connection failed.
Connecting to cable (Parallel Port - LPT2).
Checking cable driver.
 Driver windrvr6.sys version = 10.2.1.0. WinDriver v10.21 Jungo (c) 1997 - 2010 Build Date: Aug 31 2010 x86_64 64bit SYS 14:14:44, version = 1021.
Cable connection failed.
Connecting to cable (Parallel Port - LPT3).
Checking cable driver.
 Driver windrvr6.sys version = 10.2.1.0. WinDriver v10.21 Jungo (c) 1997 - 2010 Build Date: Aug 31 2010 x86_64 64bit SYS 14:14:44, version = 1021.
Cable connection failed.
Connecting to cable (Parallel Port - LPT4).
Checking cable driver.
 Driver windrvr6.sys version = 10.2.1.0. WinDriver v10.21 Jungo (c) 1997 - 2010 Build Date: Aug 31 2010 x86_64 64bit SYS 14:14:44, version = 1021.
Cable connection failed.
PROGRESS_END - End Operation.
Elapsed time =     13 sec.
Cable autodetection failed.
WARNING:iMPACT:923 - Can not find cable, check cable setup !

Can't remember if anyone covered it, but I should be able to program through the JTAG header alone shouldn't I? Or do I need to power the card up on external power?

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by Mr.Flibble

Okay, got 14.7 installed and the cable drivers install correctly, but I'm still having cable detection issues when trying to do anything...


Can't remember if anyone covered it, but I should be able to program through the JTAG header alone shouldn't I? Or do I need to power the card up on external power?

You need to power the device to program it. The USB cable does not provide power. When you have it ready to program you should see a green light.

Is your cable

(a) USB?
(b) is it genuine Xilinx?
(c) if not B then have you used it against ISE 10.1 at least once?

if its USB, non-genuine then it will be missing the Xilinx firmware (or at least mine was) and it didnt work at first.

I have an old XP laptop kicking around for doing this setup.

[Mr.Flibble]

Yup, USB, nope, "waveshare" clone, but it was shipped with ISE 12.2 on a disc, but I had trouble with that installing on Windows 10...

I'll dig out 10.1 from somewhere and give it a try - I can run up an xp virtual machine for it and give it a go.