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    emard
    @emard
    dtb written
    Dolu1990
    @Dolu1990
    all is setup ^^ ?
    emard
    @emard
    yes, board connected and SD with dtb there
    emard
    @emard
    @pnru_gitlab I tried to update in MANUAL.md the table with mounted PNs from my memory. I still shoud actually look at the boards again which I have and check is that PN exactly so this list may be a bit updated
    Thomas Hornschuh
    @ThomasHornschuh

    https://github.com/emard/ulx3s/blob/master/doc/MANUAL.md#precompiled-opensource-tools-for-all-platforms here is described how to download nightly ready-compiled binaries

    These works better :-) Bitstream generation was successfull, next step will be loading it to the board. But one question: What should I enter for the 85K version on the next-pnr command? Do I need to change it from the default 45K in the blinky Makefile?

    emard
    @emard
    Yes and probably constraints also to v20. Early v17 protypes had 45K this repo is really outdated but I don't maintain it, radiona organized the mantianance of this. Mine is ulx3s-misc
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    The constraint file for that example says it is v20, so that should be OK. So just change -45k to -85k.
    emard
    @emard
    Aha, that should be ok!!!
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    Just trying that example. You also need to remove -basecfg ulx3s_empty.config
    Thomas Hornschuh
    @ThomasHornschuh
    This I had already done yesterday. I'm currently tryiing openFPGALoader, is not able to open the ftdi device, also not with sudo
    lsubs shows the device. But I need to read the docs first :-)
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    And change ..\..\ujprog to ujprog or fujprog or openFPGALoader
    Create this file to avoid sudo: 
    lawrie@ubuntu20:~/ulx3s-examples/blinky/OpenSource$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/80-fpga-ulx3s.rules 
# file: /etc/udev/rules.d/80-fpga-ulx3s.rules
# this is for usb-serial tty device
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6015", \
  MODE="664", GROUP="dialout"
# this is for ujprog libusb access
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6015", \
  GROUP="dialout", MODE="666"
    That requires your user to be in the dialout group.
    I use fujprog rather than openFPGALoader
    emard
    @emard
    https://github.com/emard/ulx3s/blob/master/doc/MANUAL.md describes this also
    Thomas Hornschuh
    @ThomasHornschuh
    @lawrie I'm familar with udev rules and ftdi chips on Linux, was just to lazy to add the rules :-)
    ulx3s suffers from to many possbilties and to many examples, docs, etc. Hard to find the right starting point. But I really like the board from the conecpt, I was backing it on CrowdSupply minutes after I received the anoucement
    Is it ok to compile fujprog from source https://github.com/kost/fujprog
    ?
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    Yes
    Thomas Hornschuh
    @ThomasHornschuh
    Done. Result now:
    Copyright (C) Marko Zec, EMARD, gojimmypi, kost and contributors
Using USB cable: ULX3S FPGA 85K v3.0.8

Found LFE5U-85F device, but the bitstream is for LFE5U-12F.

Failed.
    At least my board was found, so partial success :-)
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    Are you sure you have --85k
    The examples works for me.
    Thomas Hornschuh
    @ThomasHornschuh
    Solved, I added an idcode yesterday to the ecpack line
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    You don't need idcodes any more.
    Thomas Hornschuh
    @ThomasHornschuh
    And this was for a 12F chip, now it works...
    Yes, it trapped into outdated hints, I think I found it in the archives of this gitter channel
    But it is the first time that JTAG programming tooks longer than synthesis + P&R :-)
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    You should add --compress on the ecppack.
    Thomas Hornschuh
    @ThomasHornschuh
    I understood that I need ESP32 MicroPython and an SD Card to use program over Wifi and it will be faster?
    --compressed saved a second, down from 25 to 24 seconds
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    Programming via the ESP32 is much faster, particuarly when writing to flash. You don't need an SD card for that as you can use the ESP32 flash memory, but an SD card gives much more storage. 
    lawrie@ubuntu20:~/ulx3s-examples/blinky/OpenSource$ time fujprog ulx3s.bit 
ULX2S / ULX3S JTAG programmer v4.6 (git e0cedeb built Aug 16 2020 17:16:13)
Copyright (C) Marko Zec, EMARD, gojimmypi, kost and contributors
Using USB cable: ULX3S FPGA 85K v3.0.3
Programming: 100%  
Completed in 7.40 seconds.

real    0m7.697s
user    0m0.118s
sys    0m0.022s
    Also 85F boards take longer to program than 12F boards.
    With the ftp server on the ESP32 you can also program via ftp.
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    lawrie@ubuntu20:~/ulx3s-examples/blinky/OpenSource$ ftp 192.168.0.144
Connected to 192.168.0.144.
220 Hello, this is the ULX3S.
Name (192.168.0.144:lawrie): 
230 Logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> put ulx3s.bit fpga
local: ulx3s.bit remote: fpga
200 OK
150 Opened data connection.
226 Done.
280833 bytes sent in 1.06 secs (258.1400 kB/s)
    Thomas Hornschuh
    @ThomasHornschuh
    The default fujprog command like above is programming the FPGA SRAM I assume?
    What is installed on the ESP32 from the factory (for the boards delivered over CrowdSupply)?
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    micropython is on it by default, but you should follow the instructions in https://github.com/emard/esp32ecp5 to connect to your router and upload the ftp server.
    Yes fujprog programs the sram, unless you do -j FLASH, and that is very very slow.
    Thomas Hornschuh
    @ThomasHornschuh
    Neverthless, I will take care of ESP32 later, from all the prebuilt bitstream what can be recommended as a good "smoke test" to use DRAM and HDMI output, just to check if everything works?
    Goran Mahovlic
    @goran-mahovlic
    SaxonSoc :)
    Lawrie Griffiths
    @lawrie
    Or NES?
    SaxonSoc involves setting up an sd card.
    Goran Mahovlic
    @goran-mahovlic
    I think Dobrica mada script for that
    https://github.com/goran-mahovlic/ULX3S_testing
    But yes, for NES SD card is not needed