Hi Joe and Jason. So, I took a walk down Memory Lane and discovered that the N210 was first released by Ettus Research in November 2010, which was about 6 months after we were acquired by National Instruments. It is a true statement that v2 of the hardware is quite geriatric and no longer supported in modern versions of UHD. However, all hope is not lost.
There *is* support for N200/N210 in the oldest version of UHD that is still downloadable on files.ettus.com, UHD v.3.8.0.0. The FPGA images are in this zip file: http://files.ettus.com/binaries/images/uhd-images_003.008.000-18-g6647f8cc.zip We unfortunately don't have a v2 in the office to confirm that it still works, but you might want to take a look. -Robin On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 10:02 AM Marcus D. Leech via USRP-users < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > On 05/08/2019 12:56 PM, Joe Martin via USRP-users wrote: > > Wow, okay; that’s disheartening. Thanks much for the info, Jason. Nope, > the Rev3 bit file doesn’t work; tried it. I’ll see if the support email > adr can be of use. > > Joe > > There was a hardware change, as I recall, between Rev2 and Rev3 involving > the inputs to the ADCs. > > > On May 8, 2019, at 10:44 AM, Jason Matusiak <ja...@gardettoengineering.com> > wrote: > > Joe, I think you might be SOL. If you take a look at this thread from me > last year, I had no luck: > http://lists.ettus.com/pipermail/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com/2018-April/056223.html > > > Also, when I pinged Ettus directly, here is some info I got back from them > (from two different emails in the thread): > "we've been having some trouble tracking down Rev2 bitfiles, because no > one here was around when that was built. If you're trying to unbrick > them, Rev3 bitfiles might be OK, but I'm not completely sure. > > supp...@ettus.com might know more by know. > really sorry, but those Rev2s are just so old. And all the people from > that era seem to be gone. Sorry, can't help you with those Rev2s." > > ------------------------------ > *From:* USRP-users <usrp-users-boun...@lists.ettus.com> on behalf of Joe > Martin via USRP-users <usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 8, 2019 11:55 AM > *To:* Joe Martin via USRP-users > *Subject:* [USRP-users] Bringing an elderly N210 to life by loading > current firmware/fpga images > > I am trying to bring an elderly N210 r2.0 with unknown history to life by > loading current UHD firmware and fpga images from a 1Gigabit ethernet > connection on an AMD 2950X, 3.4GHz, 2TB SSD PC running Ubuntu 18.04 with > UHD 3.14.0.HEAD-0-gd20a7ae2 software but having difficulty. > > Following instructions in “USRP Hardware Driver and USRP Manual: USRP2 and > N2x0 Series”: > > My initial action was to load the “usrp_n210_r4_fpga.bit" file into the > N210 xc3sd3400a FPGA using a Xilinx Platform Cable USB II JTAG programming > cable from a Win7 PC running Xilinx ISE iMPACT, which reported “Program > Succeeded” for the action. Ethernet LEDs on the N210 are variously lighted > showing activity on the connection port. > > With the N210 connected to the Linux PC 1Gbps ethernet port, issuing the > following commands result in the responses shown in the screenshot image > below: > > <Screenshot from 2019-05-08 08-46-52.png> > > My (naive!) interpretation of the above responses is that the FPGA may not > actually have been programmed with the *.bit code even though iMPACT > reported success in programming. Can someone assist me in understanding > whether my interpretation is correct or not and, most importantly, suggest > what I might try next to bring this N210 to life? > > The “Please run:” suggestion results in the “Received invalid reply 32 > from device” error. It seems no matter what I try the “Received invalid > reply 32 from device” RuntimeError is reported back when I try to load any > new firmware/FPGA images. > > Thanks! > > Joe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing > listUSRP-users@lists.ettus.comhttp://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >
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