Bowlsnapper Posted October 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 24 minutes ago, sweetdarkdestiny said: Have you installed the VirtualBox tools (or addon what ever it's called?) Install the entire suit not just the drivers. May the lib is in there. They're installed.... Something is missing... It's a USB driver library Wish I could ask Ryzee for help. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 Maybe I should just get the clone that modz is using in his video instead of all this stupid crap. Got it. Sure hope it has the same pinout so I don't have to make another cable. FUCK urjtag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdarkdestiny Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 Just now, Bowlsnapper said: Maybe I should just get the clone that modz is using in his video instead of all this stupid crap. It's around 50 bucks and you don't need it. And if you buy it you would still need a 10 bucks retro rig down so the road. 13 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said: They're installed.... Something is missing... It's a USB driver library Noooooooo way? Is it? (Hope you get the joke here since it's maybe unclear). 14 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said: Wish I could ask Ryzee for help. Oh well. Do I need to write something about it? I guess no. Hope you learned something. What you can do is -> @KaosEngineer . Maybe he can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, sweetdarkdestiny said: It's around 50 bucks and you don't need it. And if you buy it you would still need a 10 bucks retro rig down so the road. Noooooooo way? Is it? (Hope you get the joke here since it's maybe unclear). Do I need to write something about it? I guess no. Hope you learned something. What you can do is -> @KaosEngineer . Maybe he can help. Learned something.... sure. Don't make enemies unless it's absolutely necessary? I suppose. I'll find a retro rig. And I got the joke. However, UrJTAG is missing something. the usb filter. however, that still leaves another error. @KaosEngineer Yes, I DO need help here. Ryzee is the only one among us who has said that he has used UrJTAG to flash a CPLD, as far as I know. I can't ask him for help because I blew him out of the water. I want to do this very much but I am hitting a wall with UrJTAG and am basically only able to resort to the lattice programmer that Modzville used. I think I can use windows 11 if I can get urjtag to work, however. I will get a windows 7 machine anyway so I can be prepared and have compatibility. Could you please, PLEASE help me? I am very very frustrated and discouraged. Maybe I deserve it, I dunno. But I could really use help with this jtag programming crap. I don't know why it's so difficult to do this. There have to be FPGAs being programmed left and right every single day. WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 I think I used flashcatusb to program mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 Classic version I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, Dtomcat18 said: I think I used flashcatusb to program mine You used the USB blaster as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 Oh I see. They have their own hardware... Pretty straightforward to flash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 It was. They can program via svf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdarkdestiny Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 32 minutes ago, Bowlsnapper said: Yes, I DO need help here. Ryzee is the only one among us who has said that he has used UrJTAG to flash a CPLD, as far as I know. I used it but used win7x64. Right now on win10x64 but still have my nvme with 7 in the PC and also have 2 retro PC's with Win98+XP and one with XP + Win 7 x32 (And a a old 10 Euros Toshiba Laptop with Win2K which I use to flash XBit Modchips). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 7 hours ago, sweetdarkdestiny said: I used it but used win7x64. Right now on win10x64 but still have my nvme with 7 in the PC and also have 2 retro PC's with Win98+XP and one with XP + Win 7 x32 (And a a old 10 Euros Toshiba Laptop with Win2K which I use to flash XBit Modchips). I've read that CYGWIN is required, but that didn't get the error messages to go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 Okay. I'll figure it out myself. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2023 Got the flashcatusb. Wish me luck guys. @Dtomcat18, I could use your help on this one. Relying on the manual schematic for the pinout makes me nervous, honestly... I don't want to fry anything. I have enough disasters. Lol. This is a beefy ass USB cable. Thats good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2023 @Dtomcat18 Looks like the flashcat detected the CPLD Lattice chip, which means I hooked it up right. Thankfully 3.3V VCC is supplied with the cat. Wish me luck here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 Operation was successful. XBlast .svf file successfully flashed. Now for installing the 1MB SST chip and flashing XBlast. Thank you for supplying it, @sweetdarkdestiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted October 15, 2023 Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 Awesome! told ya it was easy with the flashcat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 This 7 dollar Aladdin is now an XBlast... Plus the cost of the SST of course. So like 10 dollars. @Dtomcat18 @sweetdarkdestiny @ModzvilleUSA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted October 15, 2023 Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetdarkdestiny Posted October 15, 2023 Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Dtomcat18 said: Awesome! told ya it was easy with the flashcat It's easy with the Altera as well. You just need to know how to use it. 1 hour ago, Bowlsnapper said: This 7 dollar Aladdin is now an XBlast... Plus the cost of the SST of course. So like 10 dollars. @Dtomcat18 @sweetdarkdestiny @ModzvilleUSA + The cost of the Flashcat (So 45 bucks all in?). But other than that, good wörk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted October 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 12 hours ago, sweetdarkdestiny said: It's easy with the Altera as well. You just need to know how to use it. + The cost of the Flashcat (So 45 bucks all in?). But other than that, good wörk. Yes the flashcatusb took a chunk, only about 35, but it made me happy to know that I have the tools to do it now. All on windows 11, thank god ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herooftheday Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 I also have a question on it my programmer has not 3.3v only vcc can I use a voltage regulator on it or do I have to mod my programmer? Gruß Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtomcat Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 Just use an external source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herooftheday Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 (edited) I do that but still it does not get detected edit: I use a lattice HW-USB-2A Failed device detected board power is not turned on Edited October 24, 2023 by herooftheday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 1 hour ago, herooftheday said: I also have a question on it my programmer has not 3.3v only vcc can I use a voltage regulator on it or do I have to mod my programmer? Gruß Which programmer are you using? I'm sure you can pin-out 3.3v from somewhere on the board....or drop voltage from a 5v regulator with a Zener diode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herooftheday Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Marty said: Which programmer are you using? I'm sure you can pin-out 3.3v from somewhere on the board....or drop voltage from a 5v regulator with a Zener diode. yeah sure I use a lattice HW-USB-2A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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