Re: Spartan-3A DSP 1800A Dev Board JTAG Cable and Programming Software

Hi Scott,

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
I have a Spartan-3A DSP 1800A development board which comes with no
....
Does anyone know
if Will this cable (Digilent Parallel III) works with this board and
iMPACT or any other Windows based FPGA programmer software?

I've 'upgraded' from a Spartan-3 starter kit to the 3A DSP 1800 board a
while back. And I'm using the Parallel -> JTAG cable (from Digilent)
that came with the first, without trouble. I don't know about Windows,
but I'm using IMPACT under Linux and it programs the 1800A fine every time.

The cable that I have officially works at 2.8V (and above) whereas the
3A DSP 1800 kit runs its JTAG at 2.5V, but this has not been a problem
for me. Newer models of the Digilent Parallel cable are specified from
1.8V and up ('JTAG3 cable') but I haven't tried those.

Given all the hassle with proprietary USB drivers, firmwares etc. I'm
staying away from USB based programmers for now.

Regards, Paul Boven.
.

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