[hpsdr] one Metis down...

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Alright, Scotty!  That was precisely the little bit of information  
that I needed.  Often it's hard to know how to ask what you need to  
know if you don't know what it is that you need to know, hihi.

The Metis board is quite happy once again.  All in all working on this  
problem was a positive experience for me since I now know how to use  
my blaster cable, in a couple of different ways even, and have learned  
much more about what really goes on with the boards (working and non- 
working).

Thank you, everyone, for your suggestions and help.

Now I can get back to what I was doing before this occurred (if I can  
remember now what it was I was doing!) and have confidence that should  
this problem happen again I know how to recover from it.

73,  Joe K5SO


On Feb 20, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Scott Cowling wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> Loading the FPGA from the JTAG port using the SOF file loads the  
> firmware into the FPGA's RAM.  When you power down, the RAM contents  
> go away and then you are back to "not working".
>
> Use the SCONFIG header (J6) to load the firmware into the serial  
> PROM. You must pick "active serial" in the Quartus programmer GUI  
> and load the POF image.
>
> If this does not work, then there is a problem with the PROM itself  
> or the connections between the header and the PROM.
>
> 73,
> Scotty WA2DFI
>


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