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15 years ago

microcontroller for programming FPGA over JTAG

I want to use a microcontroller to program my FPGA via the JTAG port. I would like to connect the microcontroller to my PC via it's USB interface. (The microcontroller has a USB interface built ...
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15 years ago

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I heard of an arduino project (not sure where the link is now) that maybe you can check out.. would be a nice feat to have.. configure FPGA using uC

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Configuring an FPGA using a microcontroller or processor is simple;

http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/carma_board/fpga_configuration.pdf (http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/%7edwh/carma_board/fpga_configuration.pdf)

Its emulating a USB-Blaster so that Altera tools recognize it that is the hard part. The original poster wanted to use the NIOS II debugger, etc., via his custom interface, and that is not easily implemented.

Cheers,

Dave