Re: [casper] Unable to Load Firmware Image onto SKARAB

2017-06-15 Thread Peryer, Mark A.
Hi Adam, I will go through what I did to get the Skarab into this state. import casperfpga fpga = casperfpga.SkarabFpga('169.254.128.213') fpga.convert_hex_to_bin('frm123701u1r1_mez3_golden_ska_sa.hex',True); fpga.convert_hex_to_bin('frm123701u1r1_mez3_ska_sa.hex',True);

Re: [casper] Unable to Load Firmware Image onto SKARAB

2017-06-15 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Jonathan, Thanks for the feedback on the documents and your kind words. These documents will be added to a repo and linked to the wiki by the end of next week. I will send an email out when this is ready. I agree with Clifford. I am still not sure what caused the board to be bricked and I

Re: [casper] Unable to Load Firmware Image onto SKARAB

2017-06-15 Thread Jonathan Weintroub
Hello Clifford, Thank you very much for the detailed response, and it is good to know Peralex is overlooking the correspondence. I confess to being a little frustrated at the end of the day yesterday, so may have been a bit grumpy. Adam bore the brunt, and I really do appreciate his patient,

Re: [casper] Unable to Load Firmware Image onto SKARAB

2017-06-15 Thread Clifford van Dyk
Hi Jonathan (and Adam/Wesley/Mark) *Firstly*, I want to assure you that Peralex is monitoring the Casper group mails, and we will step in where we feel it necessary. Right now, it looks like you are getting excellent support from SKA-SA. *Secondly*, our aim with Skarab is that end users never

Re: [casper] Unable to Load Firmware Image onto SKARAB

2017-06-15 Thread Jonathan Weintroub
Thanks very much for the quick response, Adam, and the detailed procedures, much appreciated. I found two JTAG pods, one the Xilinx branded one, and a more compact version by Diligent, and a couple of cable sets. An attempt at reprogramming will be made today and we will let you know. Best

Re: [casper] Unable to Load Firmware Image onto SKARAB

2017-06-15 Thread Adam Isaacson
Hi Jonathan and Mark, I have written a How To for configuring the flash via the JTAG ( https://docs.google.com/a/ska.ac.za/document/d/1TeVELJ1jEQLzk-qqzWhXODd_HEalTkDJhXq4Q1Y_qgU/edit?usp=sharing ) I have also updated the https://github.com/ska-sa/skarab_bsp_images (master branch) repo with the