Hi, a few months ago I purchased a Spartan-3 Starter Kit from Xilinx. It had been working fine up until recently. I never had any problems configuring the device via iMPACT (using the Parallel III cable included in the kit), but now whenever I run Boundary-Scan Mode I get the error code "585", with it saying:
// *** BATCH CMD : Identify PROGRESS_START - Starting Operation. Identifying chain contents .... done. ERROR:iMPACT:585 - A problem may exist in the hardware configuration. Check that the cable, scan chain, and power connections are intact, that the specified scan chain configuration matches the actual hardware, and that the power supply is adequate and delivering the correct voltage. PROGRESS_END - End Operation.
When I load the ".cdf" file I had saved from previous download attempts that were successful, I get the error "1210":
// *** BATCH CMD : setMode -bs Validating chain... INFO:iMPACT:1209 - Testing for '0' at position 12.The Instruction capture of the device 2 does not match expected capture. INFO:iMPACT:1206 - Instruction Capture = '11111111111111' INFO:iMPACT:1207 - Expected Capture = 'XXXX01000XX001' ERROR:iMPACT:1210 - '2':Boundary-scan chain test failed at bit position '1'. A problem may exist in the hardware configuration. Check that the cable, scan chain, and power connections are intact, that the specified scan chain configuration matches the actual hardware, and that the power supply is adequate and delivering the correct voltage.
I don't have any idea why this would happen. The only wires connected to the board is the power supply's wire and the JTAG cable. It is set in the mode I have used in the past to configure the device. The power supply hasn't changed either.
I've tried using different designs to download to it but they give me the same error as well.
Can anyone help me? I have searched Google for an answer but the only things I saw were too general and didn't seem to apply to my situation.
Sorry if anything I said didn't make sense; I'm a beginner to the FPGA scene. Thanks for your help.
Sincerely, Darien A. Gothia