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16 years ago

BeMicro and Programming Under Linux

Hello, I have just received a BeMicro and have completed the tutorial up to the point where I need to download the SOF file. Unfortunately, I cannot get Quartus II v 9.1sp2 Programmer to r...
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16 years ago

Although the JTAG UART could be possibly routed to a Windows virtual COM port, I am not aware of a driver providing this feature. Also the BeMicro documents that I know don't mention a similar option. They suggest however to use the second FT2232 channel for UART communication. At the BeMicro, this hardware UART channel is connected to two I/O pins, you need a basic hardware UART Rx/Tx block in your FPGA design to connect it.