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I've downloaded and installed the Vivado 2013.2 release. It loads up but I can't do the Speedway initial training because it doesn't let me add an "Embedded Source" to the project.

I've run the Speedway thing with PlanAhead and it fails with the unable to load qvirtex6 error. I'm running 14.4 of XPS, downloading the 14.5 update.

How can I debug what is going wrong?
--Chuck

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    So I downloaded and installed the 14.4 ISE only to discover that there is now a 14.6 out. Downloading that while I work.

    I've been trying to do the Speedway training which is a bit out of date now but I'm fumbling along. I've got Hello World in the SDK compiling, but now when I try to run it is says there is a problem talking to the JTAG port.

    I've gone over the jumpers for the Zynq board several times, I've got one micro USB plugged into the port next to power marked JTAG and one plugged into the port marked UART. My system sees the "Digilent USB Device" and the Cypress UART. I am assuming that "Digilent USB" is the JTAG device although my Win7/64 devices page doesn't know if that is what it is.

    MIO6/5/4/3/2 are all jumpered to Ground per the Lab's instructions. The Green LED marked power comes on when I switch on the board. The Digilent Device is using the FTDI USB Driver according to properties.

    It feels like I am really close here. Just a little bit of time on someone's part might get me off the ground and building systems with this amazing hardware. Help me obi-wan :-)

    --Chuck

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    When they have the Zedboard's USB JTAG port plugged in? How is the device described by Windows, and what driver does it use? I'm trying to track down why the SDK software can't seem to use mine.

    --Chuck

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    Hi Chuck,

    Even for a Vivado user, better check out UG 873 first. I think tis will get you on your feet. The Speedway tutorials are excellent also.

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    That is a great document James (I'm assuming you mean this one: http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/sw_manuals/xilinx14_3/ug873-zynq-ctt.pdf

    The Speedway tutorial which I was following is targeted to the Zedboard directly, rather than the ZC702 board. And it mentions a 'Digilent cable' whereas in the Zedboard the implication is that just connecting the micro-USB connector marked "JTAG" to your PC is sufficient as it offers the equivalent of the Digilent interface.

    Other than that, the first tutorial is very similar in UG873 to the Speedway one. And I have gone through running PlanAhead, getting a project set up, configuring (in their tutorial) UART1 and memory, and then kicking off the SDK with the generated System BSP.

    All of that works, and bringing in Hello World works and it builds fine and there are no errors when it finishes.

    The Cypress USB UART (the second Micro-USB cable) shows up as COM17 in my case as nominally expected.

    The issue comes when I go through Run Configurations -> and set up the Xilinx C/C++ config for Standalone. And say then click the button "Run on board".

    Everything up to that point looks exactly like the tutorial, the screen is correct, I get the same values, everything.

    It pauses for a while and then says "Cannot access JTAG" (I don't have the exact thing it says handy but can add it this evening).

    My speculation (aka my best guess) at this point is that the software is not recognizing the Digilent JTAG connection. I was hoping to compare with someone who had this working, in particular what their Windows machine reported in the Devices panel when the usb cable is attached to the JTAG port.

    In my case it reports "Digilent USB Device" and if I right click and get the properties it reports that it is using an FTDI driver. If that is the same as what others see where it does work, I can mark that as not an issue and continue trying to debug it.

    Thanks again for the pointer to UG873! I've been reading all of the documentation I can find on the Zynq and while it is dense and often self contradictory, I feel like I am developing an understanding of what it is trying to communicate.

    --Chuck

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    Offline zedhead helped me solve this issue. As it turns out by default in SDK Xilinx Tools -> Configure JTAG Settings it sets it to "Auto Detect" (which failed in my case) by forcing it to Digilent USB Cable the "Hello World" in Lab 2 worked as it should have (according to the documentation at least) So, onward and upward!

    --Chuck

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    Hi ChuckM,

    I did some more digging and I think this AR covers this issue as well:

    http://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/55431.htm

    Glad to hear that it is working for you now.

    Regards,

    -Kevin