Sunday 18 October 2020

XILINX FPGA programming from Linux

Xilinx Playform Cable II - FPGA JTAG Programmer


Platform Cable USB II Data Sheet (DS593)


For linux, the older FPGA instructions dont work anymore - below is the replacement.

mkdir ~/Xilinx
cd ~/Xilinx/
git clone git://git.zerfleddert.de/usb-driver
cd usb-driver/
sudo apt-get install fxload libusb-dev
make
./setup_pcusb /opt/Xilinx/14.7/ISE_DS/ISE   <------------- YOUR PATH HERE
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

Unplug and replug - and you should see a red light.

export LD_PRELOAD=/opt/Xilinx/usb-driver/libusb-driver.so
ise

 

Happy Verilogging!