CPLD programming with Bus Blaster, urJTAG, and SVF files

From DP

urJTAG can be used with the Bus Blaster or FT2232 breakout to program a CPLD or FPGA using a SVF file.

Download and install the drivers:

• Windows, Linux, MAC

Download and install urJTAG:

• UrJTAG

Locate a BSDL definition file for the device from the manufacture or with a web search.

Note

urJTAG does not seem to work with the XC9572XL CPLD.
We expect a fix eventually.

Program

Connect the programmer and start urJTAG.

jtag> cable jtagkey
Connected to libftd2xx driver.
jtag>

On GNU/Linux use:

jtag> cable ft2232 pid=0x6010 vid=0x403 interface=1
Connected to libftdi driver.
jtag>

Select the Bus Blaster programmer.

jtag> detect
IR length: 8
Chain length: 1
Device Id: 00000110111001011110000010010011 (0x0000000006E5E093)
 Manufacturer: Xilinx
 Part(0):         XC2C64-VQ44
 Stepping:     0
 Filename:     c:\program files\urjtag\data/xilinx/xc2c64a-vq44/xc2c64a-vq44
jtag>

Enumerate the device.

jtag> svf c:\svf\example.svf progress stop
Parsing    660/663 ( 99%)
Scanned device output matched expected TDO values.
jtag>

Now play the SVF file to program the device.

• Copy the .SVF file to a directory
• Run the SVF file with options show progress and stop on errors

Notes

jtag> bsdl path c:\bsdl
jtag>

• Some devices may need a BSDL file to be recognized.
• Copy the bsdl file to c:\bsdl, or change the location in the bsdl path command.
• Tell urJTAG were to find it as shown above.