Fpga Bitstream Generation; Hardware Setup Step-By-Step Guide - Enclustra Mars ZX2 User Manual

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Connect the micro USB cable between your computer and the Mars ST3 base board. Use the

micro USB port labeled

Connect the 12 V DC power supply plug to the power connector of the Mars ST3 base board

(see label

12V

Make sure that the FTDI device on the Mars ST3 base board is configured to Xilinx JTAG mode

using Enclustra MCT [5].

1. Make sure no other FTDI devices are connected to the computer. To ensure, please use

the FTprog utility [6] to enumerate all FTDI devices attached.

2. Open the MCT and locate the Settings tab in the menu bar

3. Select Enable configuring any FTDI. (Note that when another FTDI device is attached,

proceeding may brick it's pre-programmed functionality.)

4. After that click the Enumerate button

5. In the Action pane, navigate to the FTDI Configuration section

6. For the Device mode, select Xilinx JTAG

7. Press the Set device mode button and wait the process to complete.

8. Detach and reconnect all USB cables and power afterwards.

Alternatively, in case an external JTAG adapter is used, connect the JTAG signals from the Xilinx

Platform Cable USB to the JTAG connector of the Mars ST3 base board (see label

Details on the Xilinx JTAG mode configuration and on the JTAG connector are presented in the

Mars ST3 Base Board User Manual [4]

Open a terminal program on your computer (e.g. Tera Term) and open a serial port connection

using the COM port labeled with the higher number from the two newly detected ports.

For issues related to COM ports detection, refer to Section 5.4.

Configure the UART parameters according to Section 2.1.6.

Table 4: Hardware Setup Step-By-Step Guide

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