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Problem with CMOD A7


HItesh

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I'm also facing the same problem with USB. I am using the same USB cable for  Nexys4 DDR as well, it works perfectly but with CMOD A7, sometime it works and sometime it doesn't. What is the solution?? Please help. 

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This board is fairly demanding when it comes to cables. It's very common with FPGA boards that some cable works with device x but not device y (there are many low-quality cables on the market and they fail gradually). I'd suggest to get a new, quality one.

It seems cheap advice but if the cable is the root cause, it needs to be fixed there.

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We have found that a 100nF capacitor attached across VBUS and ground near the connector makes the Cmod A7 more tolerant of out of spec cables and we will consider adding it to a future revision.

There aren’t any pads for the capacitor, which makes it a bit challenging to solder in a 10V, 100nF ceramic capacitor. We managed to stack it on top of half of D1 and half of C65, which are both on the bottom of the board.

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When testing with USB.org certified cables, we haven't been able to reproduce any connectivity issues.

We also recommend plugging in the cable into a port directly on the motherboard or into a USB hub instead of a front panel USB port.

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