Installing the Drivers from outside icestudio

Contents

• Introduction
• Ubuntu 20.04

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Introduction

The Drivers for accessing the FPGA boards are configured from the Tools/Drivers/Enable menu option. But it can also be configured from outside icestudio

Ubuntu 20.04

On Linux platforms the hardware that is hotpluged is controlled by the udev system. There is a special folder located at /etc/udev/rules.d/ which contains files with the rules for configuring the hardware once is plugged

• Type this command for creating the 80-fpga-fdti.rules file:

sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/80-fpga-ftdi.rules

• Copy and paste the following text into the editor and save the file:

ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6010", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6014", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6015", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1209", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5af0", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1209", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5bf0", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess"

# Ulx3s boards
# -- fujprog libusb access
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6015", MODE="666", GROUP="dialout"
# -- For usb-serial tty device
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6015", MODE="664", GROUP="dialout" 

# -- for iCESugar board
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTRS{idProduct}=="602b", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess"

# -- for Fomu board
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1209", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5bf0", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"

# -- for USB-Blaster JTAG Programmer
ATTRS{idVendor}=="09FB", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess"

• Run the following commands:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger
sudo service udev restart

• Unplug and connect again your board. You are done!

Configuring the Drivers from Apio

If you have installed Apio the drivers can be activated with the following commnad:

apio drivers --ftdi-enable

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