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11 years ago

Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development board not recognised by PC when in PCIe slot

Just received a Cyclone IV GX FPGA Development kit and downloaded the demo c4gx_PCIe_gen1_x1.sof to it but when the PC boots up id does not recognise the board. I am unable to install a driver for it...
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11 years ago

Hi Hugh,

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I did as the instructions said and downloaded the file whilst the PC was in the bios and then quit the bios. PC started OK but board was not recognised. I did a reboot and still the same.

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Ok, are you sure that the particular design you are downloading "works"? Eg., is there an LED that starts blinking or something? And does this particular design example include a PCIe end-point?

The development kits usually come with a Board-Test-System (BTS) design. Did you confirm your hardware works by running that example in stand-alone mode? The BTS design probably does not have a PCIe core in it.

Cheers,

Dave