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14 years ago

Debugging my_first_fpga on BeMicro FPGA Eval Board

I've worked my way through the my_first_fpga project and everything compiles and the programmer reports success in loading it onto the chip. But I don't get any results on the eval board. I suspect m...
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14 years ago

I did download the schematic for EP3C16F256C8. I tried to match it pin for pin with the settings listed on page 1-37 of the PDF that was provided in the example project: “How to Begin a Simple FPGA Design”

http://www.altera.com/literature/tt/tt_my_first_fpga.pdf

I’m at a point where I think I had the correct pin out and everything compiled and programmed without error. Just can’t get the output on the board as expected: a four LED counter.

Maybe I should change the question. Skipping what I might have done wrong in this specific example, what are the best steps for debugging once you get to this point in a project? Looking for the tutorial on that.