I really would like to know what others are doing with their Xess Boards. I havent done much yet, but I will post as my projects move along. I have heard horror stories about these boards ( well the XSVs ).. they need to be handled carefully, or they just fry.
One of the guys in my class forgot to assign one of the pins in Xilinx, and the tool happily assigned an input pin to P139 ( or something like that ) and it happens to be the Virtex pin connected to the Bar Led which is an output...well ofcourse he didnt verify the pinout information before he downloaded the design..
I may be wrong, but that shouldnt really cause any damage to the pin or to the board ?? EE experts, please comments here. Virtex IOs are tri stated during configuration, so I am thinking it shouldnt be a problem..I dont have a good EE background, but I would like your comments..
Well, we havent been able to program the FPGA since. I have erased the CPLD, and programmed it to use parallel port , and also the XChecker interface. It fails in both cases.
When I use the Multilinx cable to program the XCV300 on the board, it fails saying DONE pin does not go high.
I would like any ideas on how to trouble shoot.
TIA,
Kode