Dear Gaston, > Stapl tested ok with a ".jam" file generated for a Altera EPF10K20 Fpga. > This is an old device, so the Quartus version is also old (7.2), and the > Stapl version generated is 2.0. The real challenge will be make a test > with a newer Fpga, using the latest version of Quartus, but I don't have > any.
Thank you very much for your tests on different hardware. Meanwhile, I have tested the UrJTAG & stapl on the same Actel ProASIC3E A3PE1500 with Altera USB Blaster and FT2232H (USB2.0). With the FT2232H, whole programming (FLASH) and verification took 1m34s, which seems to be quite good (I must later check the time of original Window$ FlashPro). We have discovered a severe bug: there is a very naive function delay_loop, which tries to implement delays using empty for-cycle... (and to callibrate them). After change to usleep(), it works great. /* There are/were more such things, such as a standalone memory allocator, which should not be there in future -- these functions should be implemented on an embedded computer in its particular system stub, not in the STAPL player, of course. The memory allocator cooperating with e.g. newlib can be written as an _sbrk stub within <5 lines of code... The same apply with delays on an embedded platform. I really think the open-source force would revive the player itself. */ > I suppose that changes introduces by Actel and recents changes in the > Altera player are unrelated, so a simple merge could work. The code submitted by Michael is based on both Altera code and later Actel's modification. The two branches are being slightly updated by A.&A. separately. The version submitted should be the best union of the functionality offered to date. I strongly hope, that some meaningful continuation will be possible after licensing will be made clear. Again, many thanks for testing & good luck! Marek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ UrJTAG-development mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/urjtag-development
