Hello, On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Duane Ellis <open...@duaneellis.com> wrote: > Recently, I've been using quite a few commercial jtag tools from chip > vendors. > > One thing I've noticed is that they all have implement the design with > an small usb-controller + FPGA of some type (typically a xilinx > spartan). I can see the real benefit, they download and flash the target > at an unbelievable speed, ie: couple seconds for 256K of data. In > contrast, non-fpga solutions, (bitbang & ftdi, etc) are much slower overall.
If someone wants to go down that road, I think the BeMicro solution is quite nice. It's a USB dongle with modern FPGA and 80 pin (or so) header, priced $49. The software to develop the FPGA code is freely usable, and available for Linux. I'm in no way affiliated with them. Regards, -- Leon _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
