Dear all,
As a lab project I need to check the possibilities of the HWICAP interface in the context of setting up a SoC using MicroBlaze and doing a partial reconfigure (in this case most probably through the serial interface). I am doing this on an Atlys board.
I have a working SoC and the example C code runs, with affirmative exit status on the HWICAP.
When I embed the SoC in a top level VHDL for ISE, everything runs still OK.
However, when I add a small logic block, connected to the switches and LED's of the board, the HWICAP does not initialize anymore. The rest of the circuit does work, because I am able to run the program. Adding more diagnostic code showed that the HWICAP fails to initialize. When I disconnect the logic block, everything runs fine again.
I wrote a bitstream decoder, and inspecting all the generated bitstreams showed that the PERSIST is always off, so the problem is not there either.
I have a topic on the Xilinx forums, I get referenced to the 'free SEU Monitor IP core for S6' but when I search for it, I only get references to that topic on the forum or the Xilinx SEM IP.
The next thing I will try is to create the two designs, with and without logic block, and see if I can create a differential bitstream and use that to load through the working HWICAP design.
Any other ideas and tips are welcome.
Regards,
Jurgen