libfpgalink

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A library for JTAG-programming and subsequently interacting with an FPGA over USB using a microcontroller (primarily the Cypress FX2LP). It allows you to:

• Load and save Cypress FX2LP firmware
• Communicate with the FPGA using HiSpeed USB (~25Mbyte/s)
• Reprogram the FPGA using JTAG over USB
• Bootstrap an FPGA design standalone using minimal components

See http://bit.ly/fpgalnk-api for the API docs.

To build, first you need to install the MakeStuff Build Environment (http://tiny.cc/msbil) for your platform, then do:

chris@wotan$ cd makestuff/libs chris@wotan$ ../scripts/msget.sh libfpgalink # or msgit.sh if you want a local git repo chris@wotan$ cd libfpgalink chris@wotan$ make deps

*** WINDOWS PREREQUISITES ***

• Visual Studio Express 2010 or 2008
• SDCC 2.9.0 (http://bit.ly/k7wyYn)
• Xilinx ISE WebPACK (http://bit.ly/bRf82e)

*** LINUX PREREQUISITES ***

• sudo apt-get install g++
• sudo apt-get install libusb-dev
• sudo apt-get install sdcc
• Xilinx ISE WebPACK (http://bit.ly/bRf82e)

*** MACOS PREREQUISITES ***

• XCode (http://bit.ly/apple-connect)
• LibUSB (http://bit.ly/libusb-macos)
• Wget (http://bit.ly/wget-macos)