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MachXO2-1200ZE Breakout Board
Lattice Semiconductor
Evaluation Kit User’s Guide
To load the FTDI chip USB hardware drivers via the stand-alone package:
1.
Browse to
www.latticesemi.com/breakoutboards
and download the FTDI Chip USB Hardware Drivers package.
2.
Extract the FTDI chip USB Hardware driver package to your PC hard drive.
3.
Connect the USB cable from a USB port on your PC to the board’s USB mini-B socket (J7). After the connec-
tion is made, a green Power LED (D9) will light indicating the board is powered on.
4.
If you are prompted, “Windows may connect to Windows Update” select
No, not this time
from available
options and click
Next
to proceed with the installation. Choose the
Install from specific location (Advanced)
option and click
Next
.
5.
Search for the best driver in these locations and click the
Browse
button to browse to the Windows driver folder
created in the Download Windows USB Hardware Drivers section. Select the
CDM 2.04.06 WHQL Certified
folder and click
OK
.
6.
Click
Next
. A screen will display as Windows copies the required driver files. Windows will display a message
indicating that the installation was successful.
7.
Click
Finish
to install the USB driver.
8.
The demonstration design will automatically load and drive the LED array in an alternating pattern.
See the
Troubleshooting
section of this guide if the board does not function as expected.
Download Demo Designs
The counter demo is preprogrammed into the Breakout Board, however over time it is likely your board will be mod-
ified. Lattice distributes source and programming files for demonstration designs compatible with the Breakout
Board.
To download demo designs:
1.
Browse to the Lattice Breakout Board Evaluation Kits web page (
www.latticesemi.com/breakoutboards
) of the
Lattice web site. Select
MachXO2 Breakout Board Demo Source
and save the file.
2.
Extract the contents of
MachXO2_1200ZE_BB_Eval_Kit_v01.0.zip
to an accessible location on your hard
drive.
The demo design directory
Demo_LED
is unpacked with all design files needed for the demo, including the JEDEC
programming data file.
Continue to Programming a Demo Design with Lattice Diamond Design Software.
Programming a Demo Design with the Lattice Diamond Programmer
The demonstration design is pre-programmed into the MachXO2-1200ZE Breakout Board by Lattice. If you have
changed the design but now want to restore the Breakout Board to factory settings, use the procedure described
below.
To program the MachXO2-1200ZE device:
1.
Install, license and run Lattice Diamond software. See www.latticesemi.com/latticediamond for download and
licensing information.
2.
Connect the USB cable to the host PC and the MachXO2-1200ZE Breakout Board.
3.
From Diamond, open the
Demo_LED_OSC.ldf
project file.
