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

![](thermal_sno.jpg)

<div style="width:10%">![Chilling](thermal_sno.jpg)</div>

![](sno_board.png)

### Alorium XLR8

<img src="thermal_sno.jpg" width="200" />

### Papilio Pro

### TinyFPGA BX

### MAX1000