spfoster Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hi, I am using vivado 2015.4 v2 and I can't get the Arty to show up as a COM port. In Windows 7, I see the digilent device under USB Controllers but I do not see it connect as a COM port. I am also showing 2 devices with driver issues with non-useful names like usb controller and unknown device. I can load the bitstream through the USB cable with no errors. I am running the hello world program and I can't connect to the board through teraterm etc as suggested in the tutorial. Does this sound like a driver issue or does it sound like an issue with my block design or sdk setup? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers as shown here: https://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/54381.html Thanks, Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfoster Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 I solved this by downloading separate VCP drivers from the FTDI site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeyron Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hi @spfoster, Glad to hear you were able to get the Arty up and going! Also Here is our resource page and github here for the Arty. cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfoster Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Unfortunately, I don't "quite" have it going yet. I am using 2015.4 as mentioned but when I try to run the hello world project I get an error that says it can't halt the microblaze which I guess is a known issue with 2015.4. As a result, this program fails to load into the microblaze. Is this solved by the git repo by chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeyron Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hi @spfoster, Could you take a screen shot of your block design. Are you following the getting started with Microblaze tutorial here? We now have 2 different Arty boards. Just to make sure this is the board you are using. Have you tried closing sdk and relaunching it from vivado again. I have got this issue before but i believe it is not related to your design. cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfoster Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hi Jon, That is the tutorial and board I am using. I have tried stopping the sdk and relaunching. I have also regenerated the bitstream and rexported it. No luck. After I run as: hardware as shown in the tutorial I get an error that says: Error while launching program: Cannot stop MicroBlaze. Stalled on instruction fetch. The xilinx site says the MMI flow is recommended but I am new to this so I have not spent the time to figure out what that means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfoster Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 The block design screenshot is attached Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeyron Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hi @spfoster, Have you tried this arty github project made for Vivado 2015.4? I just went through the tutorial without an issue in Vivado 2016.4. I have in the past also done the tutorial in Vivado 205.4 as well. cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeyron Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hi @spfoster, I think i see the issue. Please connect the resetn on the clock wizard to the reset line as in my screen shot. cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfoster Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Looks like that did it, Thanks Jon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeyron Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 @spfoster, Glad I could help get it working for you! Have a great day. cheers, JOn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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