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MachXO2 Breakout Board
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, “
W
indows may connect to
W
indows 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
W
indows driver folder
created in the Download
W
indows USB Hardware Drivers section. Select the
CDM 2.04.06 WHQL Certified
folder and click
OK
.
6.
Click
Next
. A screen will display as
W
indows copies the required driver files.
W
indows 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
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. Please make sure you're downloading the demo design that matches your version of the board. Demo
designs for both the 1200ZE and 7000HE versions of the board are available. The description below references the
7000HE version, but instructions are similar for the 1200ZE version.
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_7000HE_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 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 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 Breakout Board.
3.
From Diamond, open the
Demo_LED_OSC.ldf
project file.
