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phiho
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5 years ago

DE10-Nano JTAG

Greetings,

I am following the tutorial using JTAG to debug "blink" project:

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/debug-intel-fpga-hardware-with-system-...

From the System Console Tcl:

% set d_path [lindex [get_service_paths device] 0 ]
/devices/5CSEBA6(.|ES)|5CSEMA6|..@2#USB-1#DE-SoC
% device_download_sof $d_path output_files/blink.sof

% set jd_path [lindex [get_service_paths jtag_debug] 0]

% jtag_debug_sense_clock $jd_path

error: jtag_debug_sense_clock: The path is not valid.
while executing
"jtag_debug_sense_clock $jd_path"
% jtag_debug_loop $jd_path [list 1 2 4 8 15 16]
error: jtag_debug_loop: The path is not valid.
while executing
"jtag_debug_loop $jd_path [list 1 2 4 8 15 16]"
%

I did install D2XX drivers from here:

https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm

Please note that the first part completed successfully, The amber D5 CONFIG LED did come up:

<quote>
Program the Intel® FPGA
To program the Intel FPGA device, we first need to get a service path to the device. We will assign that path to a variable called d_path by typing the following command:

set d_path [lindex [get_service_paths device] 0 ]

Download the SOF file to the device by typing the following command:

device_download_sof $d_path output_files/blink.sof

The amber D5 CONFIG LED should be illuminated once the commands above complete
</quote>

Please advise if the JTAG is broken or did I miss something.

Regards,

phiho

4 Replies

  • YuanLi_S_Intel's avatar
    YuanLi_S_Intel
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    5 years ago

    Hi,


    Is there any error message after you have executed "device_download_sof $d_path output_files/blink.sof"?


    Can you check if the SOF file is actually in the folder?

    Also, have you executed this command? get_service_paths device? Is there response from it? This is to determine is JTAG is connected properly.


    Thank You.


    Regards,

    Bruce


    • phiho's avatar
      phiho
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      5 years ago

      Hi Bruce,

      Please read my posting again, I wrote in there:

      Please note that the first part completed successfully, The amber D5 CONFIG LED did come up:

      <quote>
      Program the Intel® FPGA
      To program the Intel FPGA device, we first need to get a service path to the device. We will assign that path to a variable called d_path by typing the following command:

      set d_path [lindex [get_service_paths device] 0 ]

      Download the SOF file to the device by typing the following command:

      device_download_sof $d_path output_files/blink.sof

      The amber D5 CONFIG LED should be illuminated once the commands above complete
      </quote>

      Regards,

      phiho

      • phiho's avatar
        phiho
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        5 years ago

        Hi Bruce,

        Please find appended below the transcript of Tcl System Console and Messages window.

        Please note that blink.soft was successfully downloaded.

        Regards,

        phiho

        Here is the transcript of Tcl System Console:


        % set d_path [lindex [get_service_paths device] 0 ]
        /devices/5CSEBA6(.|ES)|5CSEMA6|..@2#USB-1#DE-SoC
        % device_download_sof $d_path output_files/blink.sof

        % set jd_path [lindex [get_service_paths jtag_debug] 0]

        % jtag_debug_loop $jd_path [list 1 2 4 8 15 16]
        error: jtag_debug_loop: The path is not valid.
        while executing
        "jtag_debug_loop $jd_path [list 1 2 4 8 15 16]"
        %

        and here are the messages:

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:17 AM com.altera.debug.core
        SEVERE: wrong # args: should be "set varName ?newValue?"

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:17 AM com.altera.debug.core
        SEVERE: while executing

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:17 AM com.altera.debug.core
        SEVERE: "set env(IntelliJ IDEA Educational Edition) "G:\\IntelliJ-Edu-2020.2.4\\bin;""

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:17 AM com.altera.debug.core
        INFO: Finished initialization

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:17 AM com.altera.debug.core
        WARNING: Could not register IService packet

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:17 AM com.altera.debug.core
        WARNING: A service named 'packet' is already registered.

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:18 AM com.altera.debug.core
        INFO: Finished discovering JTAG connections

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:18 AM com.altera.debug.core
        WARNING: FPGA does not contain SystemConsole USB soft logic (signature 0x00)

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:24 AM com.altera.debug.core
        INFO: Finished discovering USB connections

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:24 AM com.altera.debug.core
        INFO: Executing startup script G:\intel\fpga\lite\20.1\quartus\sopc_builder\system_console\scripts\system_console_rc.tcl

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:24 AM com.altera.debug.core
        WARNING: The script doesn't exist: C:\Users\Administrator\system_console\system_console_rc.tcl. You can customize System Console by creating one.

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:24 AM com.altera.debug.core
        SEVERE: wrong # args: should be "set varName ?newValue?"

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:24 AM com.altera.debug.core
        SEVERE: while executing

        Jan 18, 2021 7:38:24 AM com.altera.debug.core
        SEVERE: "set env(IntelliJ IDEA Educational Edition) "G:\\IntelliJ-Edu-2020.2.4\\bin;""

        Jan 18, 2021 7:39:41 AM com.altera.debug.core
        INFO: Finished discovering JTAG connections

        Jan 18, 2021 7:39:41 AM com.altera.debug.core
        INFO: Auto linking 5CSEBA6(.|ES)|5CSEMA6|..@2#USB-1#DE-SoC to blink.sof

        Jan 18, 2021 7:39:47 AM com.altera.debug.core
        INFO: Finished discovering USB connections

        Jan 18, 2021 7:41:32 AM com.altera.debug.core
        SEVERE: jtag_debug_loop: The path is not valid.