[Fpga-synth] All of the jumpers are set but the Done LED doens't light up

[malik martin]

i'm sure it is. yeah. I could try others though...

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:
> "The making of synthesizers in FPGAs." wrote:
>>ok, i'm just using a regular USB cable, so that can't be the problem, correct?
>
> That would be my guess, but I do not know whether there is anything special about the cable
> or not.
>
> Is it the cable that came with the board?  That cable should work.
>
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>>On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:
>>> "The making of synthesizers in FPGAs." wrote:
>>>>i wonder... i'm sure i can use any old usb cable since i'm using the
>>>>type b usb port
>>>
>>> Not sure exactly what you mean by that, but iMPACT supports
>>only certain specific cables. For > example, the JTAG-USB cable
>>is NOT supported by iMPACT. The Spartan-3E can be programmed with
>>the > USB cable it came with (I don't know if there is anything
>>special about it - I think it's just a > standard cable) OR it
>>can be programmed with a Digilent Parallel-III cable when plugged
>>into the > board's JTAG port. > >>On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:26
>>AM, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote: >>> "The
>>making of synthesizers in FPGAs." wrote: >>>>Hi, >>>>I have a s3e
>>sk and all the jumpers are in there default positions but >>>>the
>>done LED doesn't light up. I'm using ISE 9.2i. >>>>When i perform
>>a boundry scan, iMPACT tells me that it detects many >>>>devices
>>and asks me if i want to continue. >>>>if i do, iMPACT just
>>hangs. >>>>Can someone please help? >>>>No offense to anyone here
>>(you might work at digilent) but they're >>>>simply trying to
>>give me the brush off. >>>>and i've even begged them for help. :/
>>>>> >>> I had a problem a while back that has one of your
>>symptoms. I really wish I could >>> remember all of the details,
>>but I can't - it started when I bought a second FPGA >>> board,
>>different from the Spartan-3E Starter. The new board uses a
>>different >>> programming cable (I can't remember the details)
>>and gave me the "detects many >>> devices" response. For whatever
>>reason, iMPACT was trying to use the wrong cable. >>> When I
>>force-selected the correct cable it worked. I seem to remember
>>this >>> happening when I bought the _wrong_ USB cable for the
>>board in question (Digilent >>> JTAG-USB). >>> >>> If you have
>>more than one programming cable plugged into the computer, I'd
>>pull out >>> all but the one you need and try it again. >>> >>>
>>>>> -- ScottG >>>
>>________________________________________________________________________
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