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

[malik martin]

Hmm looks like jumper 7 was open and needed to be closed. I didn't
notice this in any pictures.
Someone in Comp.Arch.FPGA wrote a list of jumpers though. and that worked.

Problem solved.
thanks

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:24 PM, malik martin <laserbeak43 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmmm,
> this doesnt sound very good at all :(
>
> "Hello Malik,
>
> If you are programming the board exactly the way you were before when it
> worked but are still getting this error now, then there is a chance that
> your board may be damaged.  If you have another board to program with the
> software you may want to try and program it to see if there is a problem
> with the software.
>
> You could also contact Xilinx support to see if others have had the same
> issue.  Other than that the board simply just may be damaged to the point of
> inoperability.  Sorry for the inconvenience."
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:37 PM, malik martin <laserbeak43 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>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 >>>
>>>>________________________________________________________________________
>>>>>>> -- Scott Gravenhorst >>> -- FPGA MIDI Synthesizer
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