Need support for cable driver installation for Nexys A7 100T development board on Windows 11

[Devesh Abhyankar]

I have purchased a new Nexys A7 100T. I am facing a problem with the installation of the cable driver

The auto-connect in the hardware manager is not able to detect my board

I also checked the device manager but it does not have the programming cable option

I tried manually installing following the steps mentioned in https://support.xilinx.com/s/article/992593?language=en_US

but when I open .exe file the error shown below comes up

Please could you guide me with the correct way of installation

[RickD]

Received my Nexsys 7 board yesterday and I am having the same problem. This is my first intro to FPGA so I may be missing something, I am using a Windows 11 Pro notebook with Vivado 2022.2.

[artvvb]

Hey y'all,

Make sure you're checking the "Install Cable Drivers" box in the installer (the bottommost option in the screenshot below). This screenshot is from a guide that was produced with Windows 10, but the checkbox is still there in 11 (I also checked with a Windows 11 Pro machine). You can relaunch the installer with the Help -> Add Design Tools or Devices menu option in Vivado.

If working correctly, for the Nexys A7, your device should show up in the Device Manager as a couple of USB Serial Converters (A and B) under Universal Serial Bus controllers and a COM port under Ports (COM & LPT).

Thanks,

Arthur