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13 years ago

Programming with standard usb->serial cable

I recently bought this FPGA from ebay: www ebay.com/itm/150898941284 But I only noticed (stupidly) now that there is no USB connection on it to program it. I tried a standard USB -> seri...
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13 years ago

No, I checked the schematic and you configure the FPGA either via JTAG connector CON 12, while debugging, or you load a configuration in the EPCS4 configuration device U10 via the AS-programming connector CON8.

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