Xilinx programming cable USB -- anyone got this one?

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Re: Xilinx programming cable USB -- anyone got this one?

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On mine there is VREF and that should be connected to 3V3 on the xilinx CPLD you are programming. Mine lights green when it has that voltage there. It's just for reference though, you should be powering the PCB that the xilinx is on some other way.

EDIT: I have one of these.
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It was properly wired to the DFB1 ...

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frank.lukas wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 4:13 pm A Rasp Pi is too expensive for me.
Yes, sadly it's a very bad time to recommend any Raspberry-Pi-based projects. The second hand marked (eBay etc.) seems to be taken over by scalpers. For example, one of the very few Pi Zeros I found has a "buy it now" price of 80 €! For comparison: At an official reseller (i.e. reseller designated by the Raspberry Pi Foundation) it would cost ca. 11 € - if only it wasn't constantly out of stock.
frank.lukas wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 4:13 pm I bought a USB CJMCU FT232H module and am trying it. Otherwise I have to send my Falcon mainboard plus DFB1 to England.
Don't despair. I also have a FT232H-based cable (albeit a different one) and always use that one to program Xilinx CPLDs. Once you've figured out the wiring, it's really easy with xc3sprog.
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czietz wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 6:26 pm Don't despair.
Thanks for the consolation. I've had several sleepless nights because of this stuff ...
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frank.lukas wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 4:13 pm Otherwise I have to send my Falcon mainboard plus DFB1 to England.
Probably a lot cheaper to send your cable to someone (me, if necessary) to figure out the correct way for you to flash!

Ijor has given me some tips for my firmware which I hope will make both the boosters more reliable across different machines, but it will take some time to develop and test. I'm re-working DSTB1 with some of those prinicples now.

If we can be sure you can flash the booster I have good confidence we'll get it working well for you, although it may not be in the first few weeks as I'll need to be content with the DSTB1 changes then back-port them to DFB1.

Cheers,

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I have the Waveshare DLC10, which works perfectly with the Xilinx Impact software. I think I used it with Linux once too.

The DLC9 is a very much older model and from the look of it is a clone of the Waveshare one but with fake Xilinx markings.
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Install fxload on Ubuntu 15.04 with the *.hex files from ...

https://source.mnt.re/amiga/zz9000-firm ... ilinx-xusb

... it work because the LED on the cable turn red after that. Same when I bootet Win7 with the ISE Tools install. But xc3sprog says always no dongle found.
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frank.lukas wrote: Tue May 17, 2022 1:30 pm Install fxload on Ubuntu 15.04 with the *.hex files from ...

https://source.mnt.re/amiga/zz9000-firm ... ilinx-xusb

... it work because the LED on the cable turn red after that. Same when I bootet Win7 with the ISE Tools install. But xc3sprog says always no dongle found.
That's progress, Frank. Make sure you don't have cablelist.txt in the same directory.

Now what does lsusb say?

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Exactly the same as before ...

The pic are from my Mac but on Linux it is the same.

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xc3sprog on Win7 say no dongle found. I use jtaghs1, jtaghs2 or xpc ...

The Amiga read say the LED should be green but it is only red !?!
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frank.lukas wrote: Tue May 17, 2022 4:41 pm Exactly the same as before ...
My understanding was now it should have a different PID, so that's concerning. Perhaps it needs the firmware flashed every time (ie. you can't power it down)?
The Amiga read say the LED should be green but it is only red !?!
Green when it detects the 3V3 from the CPLD, red otherwise.

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