Unable to program Microzed through Carrier Card

Question

I have the Microzed SOM cost optimized board which can be powered up only through a Carrier card. I have the Microzed Carrier card kit for Arduino to which I have plugged my Microzed Board. When I connect the JTAG cable to the Carrier card using my Laptop, 2 LEDS glow indicating that the Carrier card is powered on through the Microzed board. But When I try to program the Microzed board, I get the following error:

ERROR: [Labtoolstcl 44-26] No hardware targets exist on the server [localhost]
Check to make sure the cable targets connected to this machine are properly connected and powered up, then use the disconnect_hw_server and connect_hw_server commands
to re-register the hardware targets

Since there are no LEDS mounted on the MicroZed board, I do not know if the board is getting powered up or not. I'm using Windows 7 64 bit OS. I'm using Vivado 2015.4 version. The JTAG cable is the one provided along with the carrier card.

Former Member · Accepted Answer

Hello,

The Cost Optimized MicroZed also requires a JTAG connection from the Carrier Card. While the MicroZed FMC Carrier Card and the MicroZed IO Carrier Card do provide a JTAG connector, the MicroZed Arduino Carrier Card and MicroZed Breakout Carrier Card do not. The only way to connect to a cost optimized MicroZed on an Arduino Carrier Card to JTAG would be to install a connector at the J3 location of the cost optimized MicroZed. The boot options are also fixed to QSPI boot on the cost optimized MicroZed as well. The cost optimized MicroZed was meant for a specific production use case and not for development or debug. You probably want to just use a standard MicroZed board with a J3 JTAG connector.

You will also need a JTAG programming cable as none of the MicroZed board have integrated JTAG programming logic. I would suggest an HS3 programming cable:

http://products.avnet.com/shop/en/ema/development-tools/3074457345625071215

https://store.digilentinc.com/jtag-hs3-programming-cable/

-Gary