I have problems programming my EEPROM through JTAG. Most of the times it fails but I have succeeded once. When programming the FPGA directly it works all the time.
I am using JTAG Cable Model IJC-2 from Insight The EEPROM is a Xilinx XCF08P The FPGA is a Xilinx Spartan 3 1500K gates
What can i try to correct this problem? Is it possible to turn down the speed of the JTAG clock?
Thanks Andreas Beier
Andreas
I don't know the cable specifically but I am guessing you have a Parallel Cable III lookalike. These sorts of cable can sometimes be upset by a lowish programming head voltage or long cable runs.
Is your target board the one that came with the cable? If not you may need to look at voltages and routing on the board.
Have you extended the cable or using a laptop? Laptops sometimes have poorer drive on parallel ports and long cable lengths cause issues too.
Impact can change clocking rates but usually Parallel III cables will be running at the lowest rate anyway.
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