XEM3005 FPGA configuration failed

FrontPanel
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Hi there,
I tried to load FPGA bit to XEM3005 through the FrontPanel ver. 4.0.3, and it was always unsuccessful with error message:

FPGA configuration failed:Done did not go hight

Now, the JP2 is in position USB config. The board is successfully detected and correctly recognized by the FrontPanel.

I have tried to load files:
First-xem3005-1200.bit
Counter-xem3005-1200.bit
flashload-xem3005-1200.bit,
which I have found in the FrontPanel directory
and tutorial.bit from Xilinx.

The result was always the same error.

What could be the possible reason for that?

Thanks in advance!

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Are you using the BRK3005 to power the board?

3

Hello,
I am getting the same error: “FPGA configuration failed: Done did not go high” when I try to configure my XEM5010 board. I am using FrontPanel 3.1.5 and have tried configuring the board with First-xem5010.bit but get this error consistently. I installed different versions of the software and have installed the software on a different computer, and have tried changing different FrontPanel preferences still get the same error every time.

Could this be a faulty board? Please help!

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Hi,

Just wonder if someone can help me solve the problem.

I use the flashloader.exe from opal kelly driver 4.0.8.
It does not come with the flashload-xem3005-1200.bit, so I copied one from a previous version.

When I run the flashloader, it always reports that the FPGA cannot be initialized.
I can access the FPGA using Frontpanel and write in the bit file directly into FPGA.
The JP2 is set to USB Config during flash loading.
Frontpanel is turned off when I try the flash loading.

Here is the repot.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
C:\Program Files\Opal Kelly\FrontPanelUSB\Samples\FlashLoader>flashloader Counters-xem3005-12000.bit
---- Opal Kelly ---- SPI Flash Programmer ----
FrontPanel DLL loaded. Built: Feb 1 2012 16:56:12
Device firmware version: 3.1
Device serial number: GueEwLqzgW
Device device ID: Opal Kelly XEM3005
FPGA configuration failed.
FPGA could not be initialized.

Here are the files in the same directory.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
06/17/2009 08:32 PM 254,140 Counters-xem3005-1200.bit
06/17/2009 08:48 PM 424,932 flashload-xem3005-1200.bit
02/01/2012 06:03 PM 160,768 flashloader.exe
02/01/2012 05:56 PM 83,968 okFrontPanel.dll
12/20/2010 01:14 PM 1,345 README.txt
04/11/2012 03:58 PM 480,246 sar_ctrl_s2p.bit

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Get the latest files here:

http://www.opalkelly.com/download/

If you look at the C++ sources, you’ll see that it’s actually looking for a file called “flashloader.bit”.

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After I copied the flashload.bit to the folder, it just worked.
Thanks for your help.

I suggest OK to update the README file in /sample/flashloader.
Then people don’t need to come to the forum for help.

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Thanks for pointing that out. We fixed the README to refer to flashload.bit and it will make it into the next release.