Tcl commands to read FPGA pins

andreaerdna · ‎10-09-2014

Hi, I'd like to read (and then write...) all pins of a Virtex 4 XC4VFX12 - FF668 FPGA through tcl commands. I'm following this user guide ( http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/sw_manuals/xilinx12_1/chipscope_pro_sw_cores_ug029.pdf ) and I'm editing this script ( C:\Xilinx\14.7\ISE_DS\ISE\cse\tcl\csejtag_example1.tcl ) to achieve my aim like this:

...

    for {set deviceIndex 0} {$deviceIndex < $deviceCount} {incr deviceIndex} {
        scanDevice $handle $deviceIndex $deviceCount $idcodeBuffer
    }

#here starts my edit

set goldstring [csejtag_tap shift_device_dr $handle 2 $CSEJTAG_SHIFT_READ $CSEJTAG_RUN_TEST_IDLE 0 150 0]

csejtag_session send_message $handle $CSE_MSG_INFO $goldsring

#here finishes

...

Here is the output:

...

Info:DEVICE 0, idcode:a001093, Scanned idcode:a001093, IRLength:8, System_ACE_CF
Info:DEVICE 1, idcode:f5059093, Scanned idcode:f5059093, IRLength:16, XCF32P
Info:DEVICE 2, idcode:21e58093, Scanned idcode:21e58093, IRLength:10, XC4VFX12
Info:DEVICE 3, idcode:59608093, Scanned idcode:59608093, IRLength:8, XC9500XL
Info:00000005000849FA82C84990F2C049ACB04049

The last string should be the boundary scan of my virtex4.

My question is: if I change the state of a pin (like pressing a button or shortcircuit a pin) why I don't see this string change someway?

Am I doing/thinking something wrong? Thank you so much.

andreaerdna · ‎10-13-2014

Ok guys I edited my code and now seems to work:

#here starts my edit

set ISTRUCTION_REGISTER [csejtag_tap shift_device_ir $handle 2 $CSEJTAG_SHIFT_WRITE $CSEJTAG_RUN_TEST_IDLE 0 10 1111000000]

#1111000000 extest
#1111000001 sample

set DATA_REGISTER [csejtag_tap shift_device_dr $handle 2 $CSEJTAG_SHIFT_READ $CSEJTAG_RUN_TEST_IDLE 0 983 0]

csejtag_session send_message $handle $CSE_MSG_INFO [format "\n%s" $DATA_REGISTER]

#here finishes

I programmed my FPGA with one button which lights up a LED when pressed.

The button is the E7 and the led is E2.

First string aquired when nothing is pressed:

7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DBEDBFFFFFFEDFFFFFFFFFFFFBFF9F1FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF7DBEFBEDB6FB6DB6DB6FB6DB6DB6DBEFB6DB6DB6DB7DBEDF6DB7DB7FBEFBFFFFFB6DFFFFFFFFFFEDB6DB6DF7DFEDFEDB6DB6DB7

Second string aquired when the button is pressed:

7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DB6DBEDBFFFFFFEDFFFFFFFFFFFFBFF9F1FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFB6DBEFBEDB6FB6DB6DB6FB6DB6DB6DBFFB6DB6DB6DBFDBEDF6DB7DB7FBEFBFFFFFB6DFFFFFFFFFFEDB6DB6DF7DFEDFEDB6DB6DB7

These bits change:

240, 291, 411, 413 (if you count from right to left)

if you see the BSDL file:

...

" 240 (BC_2, IO_D2, input, X)," & -- PAD241

" 241 (BC_2, *, controlr, 1)," &

" 242 (BC_2, IO_E2, output3, X, 241, 1, PULL0)," & -- PAD240

" 243 (BC_2, IO_E2, input, X)," & -- PAD240

...

" 287 (BC_2, IO_E7, output3, X, 286, 1, PULL0)," & -- PAD225

" 288 (BC_2, IO_E7, input, X)," & -- PAD225

" 289 (BC_2, *, controlr, 1)," &

" 290 (BC_2, IO_D4, output3, X, 289, 1, PULL0)," & -- PAD224

" 291 (BC_2, IO_D4, input, X)," & -- PAD224

....

These are the lines associated to my I/O, they are nearly there, but they don't match perfectly.

What's wrong?

Thank you so much.

yashp · ‎11-20-2014

Hi @andreaerdna ,

Thanks for providing the answer for your own question.

It's really helpful for other users.

Please close your thread with marking accepted solution. It will help others to know there is answer for query and they can directly look into your post for their referance.

Thanks,

Yash