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Starting up
The Arm MPS3 FPGA Prototyping Board is pre-loaded with a default factory image. To start the board up
and load the default image, begin by ensuring that both configuration switches are in the UP position. Then
press the red button, labelled "ON" in the Figure 1
Shutting down
To shut down, press the Hardware Reset button. The board will enter standby mode.
Soft reset
If the ON button is pressed while the board is running, a soft reset will be issued to the design programmed
into the FPGA device.
Serial console
The console is via serial-over-USB. When the USB debug port is connected to the windows host computer
(using the supplied USB cable) while the board is running, the host computer will recognise the various USB
devices on the board and install the necessary drivers automatically. If the USB ports are not visible, then
additional FTDI COM port drivers might have to be installed.
For more information on accessing serial ports for MPS3 board visit :
https://community.arm.com/dev-platforms/w/docs/381
The port numbers can vary from one host computer to another. In the Device Manager of a windows host
machine this will be in a block of four consecutive numbers [n] such as COM[n], COM[n+1], COM[n+2] and
COM[n+3]. The console is on COM[n] and the signalling parameters by default are 115200 baud, 8 bits, no
parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control.
Figure 2
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