makestuff / libfpgalink

LIB:Library for interacting with an FPGA over USB

A library for JTAG-programming and subsequently interacting with an FPGA over USB using a
microcontroller (primarily the Cypress FX2LP). It allows you to:

   * Load and save Cypress FX2LP firmware
   * Communicate with the FPGA using HiSpeed USB (~25Mbyte/s)
   * Reprogram the FPGA using JTAG over USB
   * Bootstrap an FPGA design standalone using minimal components

See http://bit.ly/fpgalnk-api for the API docs.

To build, first you need to install the MakeStuff Build Environment (http://tiny.cc/msbil) for
your platform, then do:

chris@wotan$ cd makestuff/libs
chris@wotan$ ../scripts/msget.sh libfpgalink   # or msgit.sh if you want a local git repo
chris@wotan$ cd libfpgalink
chris@wotan$ make deps

*** WINDOWS PREREQUISITES ***

* Visual Studio Express 2010 or 2008
* SDCC 2.9.0 (http://bit.ly/k7wyYn)
* Xilinx ISE WebPACK (http://bit.ly/bRf82e)

*** LINUX PREREQUISITES ***

* sudo apt-get install g++
* sudo apt-get install libusb-dev
* sudo apt-get install sdcc
* Xilinx ISE WebPACK (http://bit.ly/bRf82e)

*** MACOS PREREQUISITES ***

* XCode (http://bit.ly/apple-connect)
* LibUSB (http://bit.ly/libusb-macos)
* Wget (http://bit.ly/wget-macos)