[hpsdr] Penelope - program EPCS4

[Georg Prinz]

Hi Phil,

this is perfect. It worked like a charm. Thank you for your fast help.
Now I can proceed to bring up Penelope. The greatest concern was to get
the FPGA and the Flash Memory running.

73, Georg, dl2kp



Am Dienstag, den 18.02.2014, 16:12 +0800 schrieb Phil Harman:
> Hi Georg,
> 
> Sorry to hear you are having problems.
> 
> I think the simplest thing to do is to program using your USB Blaster and
> Penelope.pof.
> 
> In which case you connect the USB Blaster to the P2 (SCONFIG) and NOT the
> JTAG connector.
> 
> You need to set the Programmer Code to Active Serial Mode rather than JTAG.
> 
> I would not sugguest using the test image at this stage since that
> requires you to remove the ICs.
> 
> I can send you a screen shot of how to set up the programmer in Quartus
> V13.0 is that would help.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> 73 Phil...VK6PH
> 
> 
> > Good Evening Phil,
> >
> > I have a Penelope kit under construction and try to program EPCS4 with
> > USB-Blaster, but
> > without success. First I tried to follow your pamphlet "How to program
> > EPCS4 and boot FPGA
> > from it". As I am using Quartus 13.0 I cannot find the commands of the
> > first 3 lines.
> > Therefore, I did as follows:
> >
> > JTAG Chain Debugger:
> > - Test JTAG Chain: Message "JTAG chain connection is good. Detected 1
> > device EP2C8, user code 0xFFFFFFF
> > - Running IDcode iteration test: Warning: "Uncertain JTAG chain"
> >
> > Then I changed to the Programmer:
> > - Add file "Penelope_Prod_Ship.sof", Mode JTAG: Programmer operation
> > 100% successful. The picture with Altera EP2C8Q208 and the JTAG chain
> > was shown.
> >
> > Then I produced a .jic file out of Penelope_Prod_Ship.sof file and set
> > the Config A and B = 0. Last Jtag set.
> > In the Programmer:
> > -Add file *.jic . A picture with EP2C8 FPGA with an attached EPCS4 was
> > shown. The Program/Configure operation failed without any further notice.
> >
> > I didn't use file PennyTestImage.sof/pof, because items U5,7,10 and 16
> > are installed already.
> >
> > Would you be so kind to help me  how to debug this situation?
> >
> > Would you recommend to remove the U7,10 and 16 and use file Testimage.sof?
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Georg, DL2KP
> >
> >
> >
> >
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