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UPDuino v2.0 - PCB Design Files, Designs, Documentation
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Cannot "Detect Cable" in diamond programmer #5

Closed mattroos closed 4 years ago

mattroos commented 4 years ago

@gtjennings1, I'm using Ubuntu 16.04. I downloaded the Diamond programmer standalone (version 3.11x64 is the only one I've found available on the Lattice website), converted it from RPM to DEB file, and installed it using dpkg.

When I launch the programmer I get a GUI with three radio buttons. The one labeled "Create a new project from a JTAG scan" has below it a "Detect Cable" button, and drop-down lists for "Cable" and "Port". All of this is grayed out, however. The only two radio buttons that are available for selection are "Create a new blank project" and "Open an existing programmer project".

Any advice on how to fix this?

mattroos commented 4 years ago

Additionally, I tried the suggestions found here, to no avail. Also, if I chose the "Create a new blank project" radio button, a new project is created and the GUI changes to one that looks like of the image in the page linked above, with an enabled "Detect Cable" button. But no FTDI USB host chip is detected.

mattroos commented 4 years ago

I beat my head on this for a while to no avail. I also tried installing Fedora (a Red Hat derivative) and installed the Diamond programmer from the RPM, then again follow suggestions from the link above (which are similar to the installation instructions in the Lattice manual). All for naught.

I've given up, installed Windows 10 instead, and can now successfully complete the tasks in the programming instructions.