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Altera_Forum
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9 years ago

Unable to program de1 soc device, compilation fine with no errors

This is the simplest design I could think of, something to light up the LEDs. Compilation runs fine with no errors and few warnings. When I try to program the device in the Programmer window th...
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JShan27
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1 year ago

Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon / Cinnamon Version 6.0.4 / Linux Kernel 5.15.0-122-generic / Processor Intel© Core™ i3-4030U CPU @ 1.90GHz × 2 / Memory 3.7 GiB / Graphics Card Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller241.1 GB / Display Driver X11

Was having the exact same troubles using this linux OS with programmer not working. I lost track of the multiple lateral, forward, and backward steps to get this to work, but I ultimately did using the same steps as above,,, except 1 additional at the onset,,,, see below...

1. Problem1- programmer not working.

1.5. Solution1- reinstalled the free light version. I had the other and it was not recognizing the USB A to B data cable.

2. Solution1- I reconfigured the switches on the bottom of the fpga board: Per User Manual, 3.1 Settings of FPGA Configuration Mode- "If developers wish to reconfigure FPGA from an application software running on Linux, the MSEL[4:0] needs to be set to 01010 before the programming process begins".

3. Solution1- Followed the same previous posted guide. Worked fine,,, fiNAlleee :). Now to create stuff...