[hpsdr] HPSDR - FPGA updating

[roland etienne]

Hi Chris,

Yes, you have to run usbblaster.bat each time before running the programmer.
This loads the FX2 code witch makes OZY appear as a usb-blaster.
In the previous method, this was made in the .bat file we launched to
program Mercury or Penelope.

What must be done only one time is the installation of the Altera
usb-blaster driver.

Nice to see it works for you!

73, Roland F8CHK


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Chris Smith [mailto:chris at vspl.co.uk] 
Envoyé : samedi 7 novembre 2009 15:36
À : roland etienne
Cc : HPSDR Reflector; Phil Harman
Objet : Re: [hpsdr] HPSDR - FPGA updating

Roland

I've just successfully completed the f/w load of Penny & Mercury using  
the method you suggested. Thanks.

There are one or two points that need clearing up though:

I've installed the "Last JTAG" jumper on Mercury as that is the  
furthest board from Ozy.

"After loading the soft which make Ozy appears as a usb-blaster,"

In Phil's notes dated 22 March 2009  step 3 Phil says that this need  
only be done the first time. I found that using this new method I had  
to do this every time after a power cycle. So run the usbblaster.bat  
file before running the Quartus programmer.

"you run Quartus, in Tools you run Programmer,"

I can find no Tools tag or button. However there is a "Hardware  
Setup ..." button at the top of the Quartus window.

" you choose USB-Blaster as hardware"

This is essential as Quartus seems to default to "No hardware" and the  
Auto detect button is greyed out.

Finally, you have to add files for BOTH the Penny & Mercury cards  
otherwise after pressing "Start" there will be error messages saying  
that the hardware had detected 2 boards and was only expecting one.

Once I had got the hang of the sequence it was indeed "painless"!

For the record I'm running Quartus II V9.0 Build 235 06/17/2009 SJ  
Full Version SP2.

Many thanks.

Vy 73
Chris
G4NUX


On 7 Nov 2009, at 13:04, Chris Smith wrote:

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> Roland
>
> Thanks for clearing that up. I'd forgotten that the Atlas sockets  
> are numbered from the end opposite the power connector. :-)
>
> I'll give that  a try.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
> G4NUX
>
>
> On 7 Nov 2009, at 12:51, roland etienne wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>>
>> I do have also the back-plate for Pandora, and the position of my  
>> boards
>> are: Ozy on J1 (opposite of the power connector), Penelope on J2  
>> and Mercury
>> on J3.
>> I'm quite sure you have the same, so no problem!
>>
>> 73, Roland F8CHK
>>
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : Chris Smith [mailto:chris at vspl.co.uk]
>> Envoyé : samedi 7 novembre 2009 13:30
>> À : roland etienne
>> Cc : phil at pharman.org; hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
>> Objet : Re: [hpsdr] HPSDR - FPGA updating
>>
>> Roland/Phil
>>
>> Is the JTAG bus section of the Atlas bus bi-directional? Reason for
>> asking is that, using the excellent back-plate for Pandora, Ozy is
>> last on the bus with Penny/Mercury preceding. If I put the "Last  
>> JTAG"
>> jumper on the board nearest the power connector (sorry, I'm working
>> from memory without the rig in front of me) will Roland's method  
>> still
>> work?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Chris
>> G4NUX
>>
>>
>>
>
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