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MohanY
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5 years ago
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Cyclone V SOC development kit boot up error with factory default settings

Hello, I am getting the following error with the Cyclone V SOC development kit on powering up. I made sure all the jumpers are set according to the user guide. This is what I am seeing on UART (Ter...
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    MohanY
    5 years ago

    I solved the problem. There was something wrong with the SD Card image. I tried the factory recovery image & the image from rocketboards.org. They both did not work. We bought 2 boards at the same time and the second one booted up fine. I cloned the image and it worked on the first board. It's unfortunate that you don't a repository of the correct images.

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MohanY
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5 years ago

Yes, this is a brand new board. I used the SD image that is on the flash card placed on the board.

When I tried to program the FPGA (factory default - system_max_RevE1.pof) it said "failed". I can see the components in JTAG chain. Do I need to set the SEL CON (three LEDS right next to CPU Rest) in mode 1? The board powers up with LED at 0 lighting up.

Thank you for your help.