Open Source Risc-V on the Xilinx Artix-7 35T Arty – Part 2

With OpenOCD it is possible to flash/upload programs to the spi flash of the Arty Board. From there the SiFive Risc-V “core” will boot.

The JTAG wiring is shown in the “Getting Started Guide” from SiFive. For myself I have soldered a small adapter, so I do not have to connect the wires every time.

Signal Name	ARM-USBTINY-H Pin Number	Freedom E310 Arty Dev Kit JD Pin Number
VREF	1	12
VREF	2	6
nTRST	3	2
TDI	5	7
TMS	7	8
TCK	9	3
TDO	13	1
GND	14	5
nRST	15	9
GND	16	11

Table 1: Arty – Olimex JTAG

	1 : VREF	2 : VREF
	3 : nTRST	4
	5 : TDI	6
	7 : TMS	8
NOTCH	9 : TCK	10
NOTCH	11	12
	13 : TDO	14 : GND
	15 : nRST	16 : GND
	17	18
	19	20
L	E	D

Table 2: Olimex JTAG

square pad	1 : TDO	7 : TDI
	2 : nTRST	8 : TMS
	3 : TCK	9 : nRST
	4	10
GND	GND	GND
VCC	VREF	VREF

Table 3: Arty JTAG

After the adapter is connected to the ARTY board, the software could be flashed.

$ cd /data2/Risc-V/freedom-e-sdk/
$ make upload BOARD=freedom-e300-arty PROGRAM=demo_gpio

Connect to the serial bus and get the output.
It is possible that the interface is different e.g. USB1

$ sudo picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0

Output after a reset

core freq at 65000000 Hz
 
                SIFIVE, INC.

         5555555555555555555555555
        5555                   5555
       5555                     5555
      5555                       5555
     5555       5555555555555555555555
    5555       555555555555555555555555
   5555                             5555
  5555                               5555
 5555                                 5555
5555555555555555555555555555          55555
 55555           555555555           55555
   55555           55555           55555
     55555           5           55555
       55555                   55555
         55555               55555
           55555           55555
             55555       55555
               55555   55555
                 555555555
                   55555
                     5

SiFive E-Series Software Development Kit 'demo_gpio' program.
Every 2 second, the Timer Interrupt will invert the LEDs.
(Arty Dev Kit Only): Press Buttons 0, 1, 2 to Set the LEDs.
Pin 19 (HiFive1) or A5 (Arty Dev Kit) is being bit-banged
for GPIO speed demonstration.

Open Source Risc-V on the Xilinx Artix-7 35T Arty – Part 2

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