The Digilent JTag uses FT2232, but its configuration EEPROM contains secrete data needed to be recoginzed by Xilinx ISE/Vivado. The following method only works on linux (tested on Ubuntu16.04), but the patched FT2232 doggle also works on Windows. Since WSL1 does not provide USB device access, the following method will not work for WSL1.
DONT use FT_Prog on offical Digilent cable, as it can trash the firmware! The offical eeprom contains secrete data that cannot be handled correctly by FT_Prog.
Here are steps to create a Digilent-like Jtag that can be used in Xilinx ISE and Vivado
- Install softwares:
sudo apt-get install libftdi1 ftdi-eeprom - Create a file "flash_digilent.conf" with the following content: flash_digilent.conf:
vendor_id=0x0403
product_id=0x6010
flash_raw=true
filename="digilent_jtag_uart.bin" # Filename, leave empty to skip file writing
- Backup the original content of the EEPROM:
sudo ftdi_eeprom --read-eeprom flash_digilent.conf, then rename and move the digilent_jtag_uart.bin to a safe storage location. - Generate a firmware for Digilent Jtag with a UART interface:
echo -n -e \\x01\\x08\\x03\\x04\\x10\\x60\\x00\\x07\\x80\\x2f\\x08\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x9a\\x12\\xac\\x34\\xe0\\x1a\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x56\\x00\\x01\\x00\\xc7\\x92\\x6a\\x35\\x51\\x01\\x80\\x30\\x4a\\x74\\x61\\x67\\x53\\x6d\\x74\\x31\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x44\\x69\\x67\\x69\\x6c\\x65\\x6e\\x74\\x20\\x4a\\x54\\x41\\x47\\x2d\\x53\\x4d\\x54\\x31\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x12\\x03\\x44\\x00\\x69\\x00\\x67\\x00\\x69\\x00\\x6c\\x00\\x65\\x00\\x6e\\x00\\x74\\x00\\x34\\x03\\x44\\x00\\x69\\x00\\x67\\x00\\x69\\x00\\x6c\\x00\\x65\\x00\\x6e\\x00\\x74\\x00\\x20\\x00\\x41\\x00\\x64\\x00\\x65\\x00\\x70\\x00\\x74\\x00\\x20\\x00\\x55\\x00\\x53\\x00\\x42\\x00\\x20\\x00\\x44\\x00\\x65\\x00\\x76\\x00\\x69\\x00\\x63\\x00\\x65\\x00\\x1a\\x03\\x32\\x00\\x31\\x00\\x30\\x00\\x32\\x00\\x30\\x00\\x33\\x00\\x38\\x00\\x35\\x00\\x39\\x00\\x32\\x00\\x38\\x00\\x39\\x00\\x02\\x03\\x00\\x00\\xfb\\x6a > digilent_jtag_uart.bin
- Flash the firmware to FT2232's EEPROM:
$ sudo ftdi_eeprom --flash-eeprom flash_digilent.conf
End of Tutorial
hexdump of digilent_eeprom.raw (Original version of Digilent's Jtag, no UART):
digilent_eeprom.raw is a binary file!
rikka@rikka-virtual-machine:~$ hexdump -C digilent_eeprom.raw
00000000 01 01 03 04 10 60 00 07 80 2f 08 00 00 00 9a 12 |.....`.../......|
00000010 ac 34 e0 1a 00 00 00 00 56 00 01 00 c7 92 6a 35 |.4......V.....j5|
00000020 51 01 80 30 4a 74 61 67 53 6d 74 31 00 00 00 00 |Q..0JtagSmt1....|
00000030 00 00 00 00 00 44 69 67 69 6c 65 6e 74 20 4a 54 |.....Digilent JT|
00000040 41 47 2d 53 4d 54 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |AG-SMT1.........|
00000050 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
00000090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 03 44 00 69 00 |............D.i.|
000000a0 67 00 69 00 6c 00 65 00 6e 00 74 00 34 03 44 00 |g.i.l.e.n.t.4.D.|
000000b0 69 00 67 00 69 00 6c 00 65 00 6e 00 74 00 20 00 |i.g.i.l.e.n.t. .|
000000c0 41 00 64 00 65 00 70 00 74 00 20 00 55 00 53 00 |A.d.e.p.t. .U.S.|
000000d0 42 00 20 00 44 00 65 00 76 00 69 00 63 00 65 00 |B. .D.e.v.i.c.e.|
000000e0 1a 03 32 00 31 00 30 00 32 00 30 00 33 00 38 00 |..2.1.0.2.0.3.8.|
000000f0 35 00 39 00 32 00 38 00 39 00 02 03 00 00 7b 6e |5.9.2.8.9.....{n|
00000100
How did I patch the second interface to make it a UART
Compile (gcc xxx.c -o xxx) the following code and run it. It will patch the EEPROM file (digilent_eeprom.raw) and recalculate the checksum. After patching, follow mentioned procedure to flash the patched EEPROM. Now interface A is JTag (Digilent & Xilinx compatible) and interface B is UART which can be used for debug purposes.
Changes: byte0x01: 0x01 -> 0x08, byte0xFE: 0x7B->0xFB, byte0xFF: 0x6E->0x6A
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
int main()
{
uint8_t buf[256];
int size = sizeof(buf);
unsigned short checksum, value;
FILE * pFile;
pFile = fopen("digilent_eeprom.raw", "rw+b");
fread(buf, 1, 256, pFile);
buf[1] = 0x08;
// calculate checksum
checksum = 0xAAAA;
for (int i = 0; i < size/2-1; i++)
{
value = buf[i*2];
value += buf[(i*2)+1] << 8;
checksum = value^checksum;
checksum = (checksum << 1) | (checksum >> 15);
}
printf("%02x, %02x\n", buf[size-2], buf[size-1]);
buf[size-2] = checksum & 0xFF;
buf[size-1] = (checksum >> 8 ) & 0xFF;
fseek(pFile, 0, SEEK_SET);
fwrite(buf, 1, 256, pFile);
fclose(pFile);
return 0;
}
TI's DSP Emulator This command gives the original FT2232 firmware of the TI's XDS100v2 Jtag emulator (With SCI/UART):
echo -n -e \\x00\\x08\\x03\\x04\\xd0\\xa6\\x00\\x07\\x80\\xc8\\x0c\\x00\\xcc\\x0c\\x9a\\x06\\xa0\\x4a\\xea\\x10\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x56\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x06\\x03\\x54\\x00\\x49\\x00\\x4a\\x03\\x54\\x00\\x65\\x00\\x78\\x00\\x61\\x00\\x73\\x00\\x20\\x00\\x49\\x00\\x6e\\x00\\x73\\x00\\x74\\x00\\x72\\x00\\x75\\x00\\x6d\\x00\\x65\\x00\\x6e\\x00\\x74\\x00\\x73\\x00\\x20\\x00\\x49\\x00\\x6e\\x00\\x63\\x00\\x2e\\x00\\x58\\x00\\x44\\x00\\x53\\x00\\x31\\x00\\x30\\x00\\x30\\x00\\x20\\x00\\x56\\x00\\x65\\x00\\x72\\x00\\x20\\x00\\x32\\x00\\x2e\\x00\\x30\\x00\\x10\\x03\\x46\\x00\\x32\\x00\\x38\\x00\\x4d\\x00\\x33\\x00\\x36\\x00\\x58\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x98\\x54 > ti_jtag_sci.bin
flash_ti.conf:
vendor_id=0x0403
product_id=0xa6d0
flash_raw=true
filename="ti_jtag_sci.bin" # Filename, leave empty to skip file writing
References:
http://jumpstartengineering.com/embedded_systems/jtag/changing-ft2232h-based-device-parameters/
Hi,
I'm trying to build my own programmer. For me it is a little unclear which specific part to use.
As far as I understood, I need a FT232H variant.
I'm assuming, I have to use Port A of the FT2232 for JTAG and can use PORTB for UART with your EEPROM image. Is this corret?
Thanks!