SaltyMathematician Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 It is possible to program the Basys3 to be used as a motherboard diagnostics card ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JColvin Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Hi @SaltyMathematician, I suppose this is possible to do with enough work and time put into it; . I'm not familiar with all of the requirements for a motherboard diagnostics card; i.e. are you testing the full speed capabilities of each peripheral present on the motherboard (PCIe, memory slots, USB 3.0, SATA III, etc.) or just testing that signals propogate? There are probably some pre-made IPs from Xilinx that test these peripherals though Digilent does not have any examples regarding this. The Basys 3 (which uses a XC7A35T-1CPG236C FPGA) may not be fast enough (you can view it's capabilities in the Artix-7 DC and AC Switching Characteristics datasheet from Xilinx) to perform some of the diagnostic tests. I'm not certain what the end application you are looking for is in this situation, though I might recommend looking into a premade solution unless you are set on creating your own. Thanks, JColvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xc6lx45 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Reality check: Production ATE equipment => 6+ digit price range Test lab equipment => 6+ digit price range Basys 3: Low 3 digit price range We can state with confidence it will be able to test a "subset" of features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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