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Regular ContributorHi,
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
Occasional ContributorHi,
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..
