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13 years ago

Cyclon IV GX transceiver Starter Kit - PCI Express

Hi guys, I have bought this developement kit and i want to test the PCI Express port. I was using the Board Update Portal to load a *.flash into the FPGA and test it but i couldn´t get i...
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13 years ago

Hi all,

I am using cyclone IV GX Starter kit and facing issues with PCIx demo. Could you please help me.

1. I programmed the FPGA with "...\C4gx15_starter_qsys_pcie_gen1x1\c4gx_qsys_pcie_gen1x1\top.flash" using board update portal. Once the FPGA is programmed and board power cycled, I can see only dots on LCD and the conf done FPGA is green, does it mean the configuration is proper even if the LCD is not displaying the PCIe design?

2. Does the Board test system will be up and running even after PCIe demo is loaded to board? I cannot connect to BTS once PCIe design is loaded.

3. I plugged in the board to PCIe slot and invoked the altpcie_demo_qsys_32.exe (installed Jungo drivers), but this indicates that there is no valid PCIe image in the FPGA.

Did anybody come accross this issue?

Thanks,