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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, that is all great information. My supposition of the issue matches what you have found - that the gate array is booting up correctly but...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 20, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Well, everything looks fine up through step 7 that you list above. When I flip Sw7 to the right (towards the VGA connector) I get a normal boot up...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 17, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, Have a pint for me :) Nice thought, but that procedure kills the serial on next boot up. Nothing coming out of the board. Very strange....
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 17, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, Thanks for the support. I think this really smells like something beyond your procedure, as it works if I follow a strange set of extra...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 17, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Ok, so here is what I have found. It appears that programming a bitstream into my board is somewhat problematic. Sometimes it works, sometimes...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 17, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, Well, definite progress of a sort. Came in this morning, reloaded the 115200 bitstream again (gotta be maybe the 4th or 5th time), brought...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 17, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Sounds good. I have tried re-flashing a few times but I will very methodically give it another try, and then I'll plan to contact you around 1800...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 17, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, Quick update before the end of my work day. The sample bin file loads and runs OK. Board is back to original behavior of counting 7 segment...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 16, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    I can reload the sample file. That would verify that the bitstream flashing process is still working OK and that the FPGA is still running OK....
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 16, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, Thanks for the reply. yes, I have followed the procedure as described. I did have some initial issues the very first time I went to load...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 16, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, WEll unfortunately, I seem to now have an issue I cannot fix. I went ahead and uploaded the new firmware to the PIC, and then reloaded the...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 16, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, A quick update. I have soldered in the 2 pin header to allow for reprogramming of the PIC. My boss is was a little leery about me flashing...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 16, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, Thanks, I will let you know how I make out. Much appreciated, ML
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 15, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    Alex, Thanks so much for your help, that sounds great. ML
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 15, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards
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    Numato Mimas V2 Serial Console Responses Dropping Chars

    I loaded the prebuilt vmlinux image from here: http://j-core.org/downloads/linux/vmlinux I did not see any variations on different versions to...
    Post by: another_mikey, Jun 15, 2016 in forum: FPGA Boards