IDI - Instrumentación de radares

# Tarjetas de desarrollo FPGA

## Programming Guide

### Alorium Sno

#### Steps
* Solder JTAG and power pins
* Install Quartus Prime Lite Edition
* Install the driver for the USB Blaster
* Control Panel > Device Manager
* Search for USB-Blaster
* Update Driver > Browse > \intelFPGA_lite\18.1\quartus\drivers
* With Quartus Prime Lite Edition software generate programming file [Assembler]
* Open Quartus Prime Lite Edition
* Go to Tools > Programmer
* Make sure that "USB-Blaster [USB-0]" is selected in Hardware Setup, otherwise click Hardware Setup and in "Currently selected hardware:" select it. Close
* Check the correct FPGA by clicking "Auto Detec" and select 10M16SA
* Click "Add File" and go to the project folder and search and open the programming file, either xxx.sof (lose at powerdown) or xxx.pof
* project_name/output_files/xxx.pof
* Select <none> file and delete it
* Check the two boxes "Program/Configure" and "Verify" of the main file
* Program the FPGA by clicking "Start"

#### Notes
* *all steps were done using Windows 7
* When using on-chip memory IP cores change configuration mode to "Single Uncompresed Image with Memory Initialization" inside Device>Device and Pin Options...>Configuration mode

### Alorium XLR8

#### Steps
* Solder JTAG pins
* Install Quartus Prime Lite Edition
* Install the driver for the USB Blaster
* Control Panel > Device Manager
* Search for USB-Blaster
* Update Driver > Browse > \intelFPGA_lite\18.1\quartus\drivers
* With Quartus Prime Lite Edition software generate programming file [Assembler]
* Open Quartus Prime Lite Edition
* Go to Tools > Programmer
* Make sure that "USB-Blaster [USB-0]" is selected in Hardware Setup, otherwise click Hardware Setup and in "Currently selected hardware:" select it. Close
* Check the correct FPGA by clicking "Auto Detec" and select 10M08SA
* Click "Add File" and go to the project folder and search and open the programming file, either xxx.sof (lose at powerdown) or xxx.pof
* project_name/output_files/xxx.pof
* Select <none> file and delete it
* Check the two boxes "Program/Configure" and "Verify" of the main file
* Program the FPGA by clicking "Start"

#### Notes
* *all steps were done using Windows 7
* Notch of the USB Blaster's connector should face the inside of the board.
* For the use A0-5 pins there is 2 options: analog or digital, both connected to different pins on the FPGA. When used as digital, user has to enable this pins (buffer 3.3V-5V) through 6 pins also connected to the FPGA (see schematic).
* RST pin is active low.
* When using on-chip memory IP cores change configuration mode to "Single Uncompresed Image with Memory Initialization" inside Device>Device and Pin Options...>Configuration mode

### Papilio Pro

#### Steps
* Install ISE Design Suite
* With ISE Design Suite software generate programming file [Generate Programming file]
* Download the file "Papilio-Loader-2.8-Setup.exe" (1) and install it
* Go to the project folder and search for the programming file xxx.bit
* Double click and wait for the Papilio Loader to open
* File > Preferences > User Mode > Expert
* In "Target board" field select "Papilio One or Papilio Pro"
* Make sure the "Target .bit file" loaded the correct file
* Do not touch the other fields and in the "Operations" box check "Erase", "Write to" and "Verify"
* In the drop-down menu select either "FPGA" (lose at powerdown) or "SPI flash"
* Click "Do Selected Operations"

#### Notes
* *all steps were done using Windows 7
* (1) http://forum.gadgetfactory.net/files/file/10-papilio-loader-gui/
* if using VirtualBox make sure to enable USB: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-enable-usb-in-virtualbox/

### TinyFPGA BX

#### Steps
* Install Lattice iCEcube2 (Windows 7)
* Install toolchains APIO and tinyprog from the terminal
* $ (sudo) pip install apio tinyprog
* $ apio install system scons icestorm iverilog
* $ apio drivers --serial-enable
* Add yourself to the dialout group in order for your user to be able to access serial ports
* $ sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
* Connect your TinyFPGA BX board and make sure the bootloader is up to date
* tinyprog --update-bootloader
* With Lattice iCEcube2 software generate programming file [Generate Bitmap] - Windows 7
* Plug the TinyFPGA BX if it is not already
* In a terminal window go to Lattice project folder and search for the programming file
* project_name/project_name_Implmnt/sbt/outpus/bitmap/xxx.bin
* Program the FPGA
* $ (sudo) tinyprog -p xxx.bin
* The configuration will reamain until you press the reset button, when it would load the bootloader
* When connected to a dumb power supply the configuration will be reloaded after 1 second

#### Notes
* *Windows 7 was ONLY used for iCEcube2, the other steps were done in Ubuntu 14.04
* https://tinyfpga.com/bx/guide.html
* https://www.instructables.com/id/Getting-Started-With-the-Tinyfpga/
* https://github.com/tinyfpga/TinyFPGA-BX

### MAX1000

#### Steps

#### Notes

## Temperature Test

### Alorium Sno

<img style="width:100%" style="width:50%" src="sno_board.png"/>

 



### Alorium XLR8

### Papilio Pro

### TinyFPGA BX

### MAX1000