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I'm looking to do a project with the Actel Igloo Nano AGLN010 FPGA. A FLASHPRO4 programmer is probably the easiest way to make it work right away, but its $70 :-(
At first I thought I could use the JTAG pins on my Spartan3E Starter Kit board to program the chip. I imagine creating a bitstream file in Libero SoC and uploading it to the FPGA with iMPACT.
Then I read this:
"FPGAs have the ability to be configured through JTAG (using proprietary JTAG commands)" - so iMPACT won't send the right JTAG commands for IGLOO chips?
"FPGA cables are vendor specific" - so I can't use Spartan3E Starter Kit as a replacement for FLASHPRO4? Libero won't recognize it?
So it's not going to work? (I would try but I'll have to pay shipping again for FLASHPRO4 if it doesn't)
Is there some hacking or tinkering I can do with iMPACT to make it work?
I've seen these threads but they're not helpful:
https://www.edaboard.com/threads/189242/
https://www.edaboard.com/threads/218076/
Edit: also, I read there is a standard for programming logic devices: IEEE 1532. Actel says Igloo Nano implements that standard so there is a sliver of hope left..
At first I thought I could use the JTAG pins on my Spartan3E Starter Kit board to program the chip. I imagine creating a bitstream file in Libero SoC and uploading it to the FPGA with iMPACT.
Then I read this:
"FPGAs have the ability to be configured through JTAG (using proprietary JTAG commands)" - so iMPACT won't send the right JTAG commands for IGLOO chips?
"FPGA cables are vendor specific" - so I can't use Spartan3E Starter Kit as a replacement for FLASHPRO4? Libero won't recognize it?
So it's not going to work? (I would try but I'll have to pay shipping again for FLASHPRO4 if it doesn't)
Is there some hacking or tinkering I can do with iMPACT to make it work?
I've seen these threads but they're not helpful:
https://www.edaboard.com/threads/189242/
https://www.edaboard.com/threads/218076/
Edit: also, I read there is a standard for programming logic devices: IEEE 1532. Actel says Igloo Nano implements that standard so there is a sliver of hope left..
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