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FreeForm/PCI-10 4 User Manual Connect Tech, Inc. 42 Arrow Road Guelph, Ontario Canada, N1 K 1S6 Tel: 519- 836-1291 80 0-426-8979 Fax: 519 -836-4878 Email: sales@co nnecttech.co m support@connecttech.co m URL: http://w ww.connecttech.co m CTIM-00 040 Revision 0.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 2 Limited Lifetime Warranty Connect Tec h Inc. provides a Lifetime War ranty for all Connect Te ch Inc. products. Should this product, in Con nect Tech Inc.'s opinion, fail to be in good w orki ng ord er during the warranty period , Connect Tech Inc.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 3 Customer Suppo rt Overvie w If you experience dif ficulties after reading the manual and/or using the p roduct, contact the Connect Tec h reseller from which you purchased the product. In m ost case s the reseller can help you with pro duct installation and difficultie s.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 4 Table of Contents Limited Lifet ime Warranty ......................................................................................................... 2 Copyright Not ice ......................
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 5 List of Tables Table 1: FreeForm /PCI-104 Components .................................................................................. 7 Table 2: Slot Selec tion (RSW1) .......................
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 6 Introduction Connect Tec h’ s Free Form/PCI-104 features Xil inx’s Virtex-5 multi-plat form FPGA offering users a flexible, reco nf ig urable product that also takes adva ntage of the high band width capabilities of the PCI bus while co mm unica ting with various I/O interfaces.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 7 Figure 2: FreeForm/PCI-104 Layo ut Table 1: Free Form/PCI-104 Co m ponents Connectors Description P1 PCI-104 c onnector P2 JTAG progra mming h.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 8 Hardware Descrip tion and Configur ation The follo w ing section s describe the function o f all switches/ju m pers and p rovide details on connector pinouts. Jumpers and Swi tches Slot Selection ( RSW1) This rotary switch selects a slot po sition in the PCI-104 stack.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 9 Connecto r Pi no uts PCI-104 Header (P1) Refer to PCI-104 specifications . JTAG Progra mming Header (P2 ) Use P2 to configure the FPGA via JT AG. Refer to Programming the FP GA for more information.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 10 RS-485 H eaders (P5, P6) Table 6: RS-4 85 Port 1 Pinout (P5 ) Pin Signal Direction 1 RXD+1 Input 2 3 RXD-1 Input 4 5 TXD+1 Output 6 7 TXD-1 O.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 11 GPIO Header (P 7) The GP IO header has been design such that whe n in differential mode, the p ositive (P) and negative (N) sig nals are adjacent on a standard ribbon cable. Note that the GPIO volta ge level is set via hardware.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 12 Hardware Instal lation Before installing the FreeForm/PCI-104 into a P C/104 stack, ensure t he f ollo wing: o Slot selection prop erly set using the rotar y switch RSW1 . Note that the Fr eeForm/PCI-104 address space consumes 32 bytes.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 13 FPGA Co nfiguration To configure the FP GA via JTAG, connect t he JTAG programming cab le to P2 ensuring tha t all JTAG signals align corr ectly. It is important to note t hat P2 also has the T RST signal on pin 1, which is not part of Xilinx’s Parallel o r USB programming cables.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 14 3) A prompt will ask for a new configuration file. Select the bitstrea m fro m t he project director y . 4) A prompt will ask for a BSDL file for device number 2 (PLX PCI9 056). Click Yes. 5) Browse to the bsdl fold er and select PCI9 056BA.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 15 6) iMPACT w ill add the device to the JTAG chain. 7) Again, a pro m pt w ill a sk for device number three ( National PHY). Bro ws e to the b sdl folder and select DP83 849IVS.bsd. The device will be a dded to the JTAG chai n.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 16 Programming the FPGA 1) Right click on device number one (Virtex -5 FPGA), and select pro gram . T he following diagra m will appear. Note that verification will only w ork i f an msk file has been created .
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 17 Generating a PR OM (MCS) File 1) Double click Pro m File Formatter in the Flo w s windo w. 2) The “Prepa re PROM Files” dialog w ill app ear. Ensure that the follo wing settings are selected : 3 rd Party SPI P ROM MSC PROM File Format 3) Give the file a na me, and click Next.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 18 4) Select the PROM de nsity (16M) → click Next → cl ick Finish. 5) A prompt will ask to a dd device to data stream 0.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 19 6) Click “No” w hen as ked if another device is to be added. Click “OK” to a ccept the setup. 7) Double Click “ Generate F ile” from the “iMP ACT” processes m enu. T he status will be repor ted in the console.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 20 Configuring the F PGA with the SP I Flash In previous Xilinx FP GA configurations, t he SPI flash would req uire programming via 3 rd par ty JT AG test software or through in-system methods. T he following features are new to ISE 9.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 21 3) Browse to the direc tory containing the previou sly generated MCS file. Select a nd click “Open”. 4) The “FPGA SPI Flash Association” windo w will appear; select “M25P 16” (this is the flash device connected to the FPG A).
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 22 Programming the F lash 1) Right click the pr eviously associated flash de vice, and select program. 2) The progra mm ing dialo g will appear . Select “Verify” and “Era se Before Programming”, t hen click OK.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 23 3) Observe the results in t he transcript windo w . a. The SP I core is first download to the FP GA dev ice b.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 24 Reference Design The FreeFor m /PCI -104 ships with a pre-insta lled reference design. T his reference design demonstrate s how the FPGA i nteracts with the PLX 905 6 PLX to local bus bridge.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 25 Table 11: Loc al Address Space 1 (Ba r 3) Local Address Contents Access Description 10000000 SPI Command RW SPI control ler command register,.
Connect Tech FreeForm/PCI-104 User Manual Revision 0.00 26 Specifications Programmable FPG A Virtex-5 FP GA LX30T Input Clock 100MHz Memory 8MB Flash, 12 8MB DDR2-400 General Purpose User I/O 64 singl.
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