I just received my Basys 3 board and I am trying to test out my configuration. I am using Vivado 2020.2 (the latest). When I open the Hardware Manager it can't seem to see my board. I loaded, unloaded, loaded, unloaded and loaded 2020.2 three times. I running the 'blinky' example and I can't get Vivado to see my Basys3 board.
When I plugged in the Basys 3 I see the 7 segment displays cycling through the count. I see the pushbuttons effect each segment. I see the center pushbutton resets the count to zero. I think the board is fine.
I move the jumper to JTAG programming and ... nothing. When I open the Hardware Manager and select Auto Detect if finds a local host with nothing below or under it. Thus, I cannot proceed to program the device.
I am searching for a second Micro USB cable but I suspect that won't solve the problem.
Oh, I've used the constraints file recommended by Digilent and I was able to select Basys 3 as my default board. So, I think I am doing that right.
I am curious if anyone has used Vivado 2020.2. Should I go back to an earlier version? If so, which version?
Lastly, I did get a license from Xilinx.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Sincerly,
Steve