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 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 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¶

Alorium XLR8¶

Papilio Pro¶

TinyFPGA BX¶

MAX1000¶