Hi John,
> Success, finally.
Great.
> The following procedure was used to get the open core bitstream
> working on the TS-7300.
Thanks for the write-up. One of these days, I'll repeat
your procedure :)
> One comment before proceeding. It seems that Technologic Systems is
> not the least bit interested in this. I initially purchased a TS-7800
> after being led to believe that this same kind of thing would be
> possible, i.e., being able to alter the fpga code for custom use.
> Recently (8/08), tech support indicated that doing such a thing was
> still on their todo list, but near the bottom of a list that was
> continually growing larger. At the same time, this individual reported
> that the TS-7300 already supported this objective and that a GPL
> project had been published on the open cores website. All this is
> indeed true but because of the apparent lack of activity in this group
> (are there other, similar groups that have made use of this feature?)
> and the complete absence of interest by Technologic Systems in
> providing any kind of assistance to their customers, I am wondering if
> there are problems with this board or the fpga implementations. Does
> anyone have any information in this regard?
I don't think there are any issues with the board design.
I was given a TS-7300 board to evaluate by a colleague, and
determined (based on his skill levels) that he was better off
using a TS x86 board, with a serially controlled FPGA.
If you're familiar with FPGA designs, don't care about
keeping the functionality of the default configuration, and
are happy with Linux, and device drivers, the board can be
made to work.
However, you're right, the 'open-source' nature of the project
means 'you're on your own' ... well, not really, you're left
to the open-source support system :)
Given that you have to write device drivers for the board,
the first thing I would do would be to get Linux 2.6 running
on the board. There are people who have done this.
If you want to discuss what you are planning to do with the
board, I could give you suggestions on the FPGA side of things.
Cheers,
Dave
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