Programmer for Coolrunner II

[Simon Koops]

Hello,

I'm looking for a JTAG programmer for a Coolrunner II for our production department. We are not doing a lot of programming but we want to do it ourselfs.

My board has the 2x7 pin adaptor

I used the Xilinx Platform Cable USB II during development, but I cant make it run on windows without a virtual machine for ISE. I would like to use Digilent Adept Software for programming.

The JTAG-HS2 and HS3 don't seem to support CPLD (according to the description)

It looks like the XUP USB-JTAG Programming Cable is the only option for CPLDs but only works with Xilinx software which doesn't work on current and future windows versions.

Please tell me if there is a solution for my problem.

Best regards

Simon

[JColvin]

Hi @Simon Koops,

Unfortunately, there really isn't one outside of getting the XUP USB JTAG programming to work on newer Windows. There are a number threads discussing this:
https://forum.digilent.com/topic/26104-programming-xilinx-cpld/
https://forum.digilent.com/topic/158-programming-cplds-with-hs1-or-hs2/
https://forum.digilent.com/topic/23686-program-cpld-with-xup-usb-jtag/
https://forum.digilent.com/topic/350-jtag-usb-versus-jtag-hs2/

However, the XUP USB JTAG does work on Windows 10, though it's been a few years since I've specifically tested this out.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
JColvin

[Simon Koops]

Hi JColvin,

thank you for this information.

It doesn't look like I will be happy with this. At least, i know how the situation is.

Best regards

Simon

[attila]

Hi @Simon Koops

The Coolrunner II has onboard USB-JTAG programmer which can be used with Adept app.
The Digilent USB-JTAG programmers can also be used with Adept app to program it.