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okramer
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6 years ago

Do I need USB driver on host for Arria 10 GX dev kit (PCIe)?

The PDF that came with my Arria 10 GX development kit says: The development board includes integrated USB-Blaster circuitry for FPGA programming. However, for the host computer and board to communic...
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AR_A_Intel
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6 years ago

Hi Sir

Welcome to INTEL forum. USB port on the dev kit is used to program FPGA via onboard JTAG connection when user uses dev kit as standalone board without plugging into any PC or server system. If the dev.kit is plug into PC or server system via PCIe slot then there is no need to use the USB port anymore.

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    okramer
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    6 years ago

    Thanks. Is there a document describing installing the Arria-10 PCIe dev kit using the PCIe bus? When I disconnect the USB and run examples/board_test_system/bts.jar (via the script provided), the BTS UI application outputs this to the console:

    $ java -Xmx256m -jar bts.jar
 
Success!
Current OS:Linux
Nov 05, 2019 10:12:32 AM com.altera.bts.BtsView <init>
INFO: Board version: Rev E3, chip version: PRD
Nov 05, 2019 10:12:32 AM com.altera.bts.systemconsole.client.ClientApp attachServer
INFO: [/home/okramer/intelFPGA_pro/19.3/quartus/sopc_builder/bin/system-console, --server]
Nov 05, 2019 10:12:32 AM com.altera.bts.systemconsole.client.ClientApp attachServer
INFO: Here is the standard output of the command:
 
Nov 05, 2019 10:12:33 AM com.altera.bts.systemconsole.client.ClientApp attachServer
INFO: TCP PORT: 39887 
Nov 05, 2019 10:12:39 AM com.altera.bts.systemconsole.client.JtagInfo retrieveDeviceList
SEVERE: No device detected!

    And the UI comes up with the following messages:

    When I select the PCIe tab, the console gives a java.lang.NullPointerException.

    Clearly I'm missing some configuration setting but I can't find it. I have been referring primarily to this document but can't get passed the board test.

    I should mention I'm coming from the software side. Ultimately I want to be using OpenCL SDK.