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matif
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7 years ago

Inconsistent Data of Transceiver

​Hi all, I am printing my data from trasnceiver at UART output terminal (putty). My setup consists of a counter running at 100 Mhz. this counter is connected to transciever. The transceiver pll cloc...
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CheepinC_altera
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7 years ago

Hi,

Thanks for sharing the info on the Arrow SocKit eval board. For your information, as I look into the start guide (https://rocketboards.org/foswiki/pub/Documentation/ArrowSoCKitEvaluationBoard/SoCKit_Getting_Started_Guide.pdf) , I notice that the board has built in USB Blaster II. You can refer to the Figure 3-5 USB and Power Cables. It is a microB USB connector. Generally if you directly connect a USB cable to this, your Quartus will be able to detect and program the CV device through JTAG. You can use SignalTap with this USB Blaster II. Just would like to check with you how do you program the CV device currently?

Please let me know if there is any concern. Thank you.

Best regards,

Chee Pin

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    matif
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    7 years ago

    Hi,

    Thank you so much for your message. Oh I didn't know that the board has a build in USB blaster 2. Thanks a lot for letting me know. So that means that I take a usual USB cable, connect it to the USB Blaster 2 port and my quartus software will be able to detect it.

    For now, to program my CV device, I convert my project.sof into project.rbf (raw binary file) using quartus software. Then I copy this project.rbf file into the fat partition of a micro SD card. Then I plug this MicroSD card into my CV device board. I then use uboot to program my CV device. It's a really time consuming and lengthy process because I have to remember many uboot script commands to program my CV device.

    Thanks a lot again, I shall try this microUSB port to check if it is working as a USB blaster port? Thanks a lot again..

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    matif
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    7 years ago
    Thanks a lot. Just checked. The usb blaster is working. Thanks a lot again. Now I can use SignalTap with this USB blaster II. Thanks a lot again for your support. I shall Keep you inform of further Progress. Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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      CheepinC_altera
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      7 years ago
      Thanks for the update. Glad to hear that the USB blaster is working. Please feel free to keep me posted on the RX status and RX Parallel data check in signaltap. Thank you. Best regards, Chee Pin