The PolarFire SoC Video Kit includes the CP2108 USB to UART chip to interact with on-board Linux OS. After installing the CP2018 driver, perform the following steps:
Connect the USB cable at the J12 port on the PolarFire SoC Video Kit board to the host PC (connect to J11 port for ICICLE Kit).
After connecting the power adapter to the board at J39 port (J29 for ICICLE Kit), switch ON the board’s power supply using the SW5 switch (use SW6 switch for ICICLE Kit). This detects the USB UART chip on the board at the host PC.
You can verify the detection of the USB UART chip in the Device Manager window of the host PC as shown in the following figure.
Figure 5-7. Host PC Device Manager Window
The interfaces in the Device Manager window on the host PC are active in the current demo project and displays the messages when appropriately configured.
An application like MobaXterm/TeraTerm at the host PC is required to a establish serial communication with the Video Kit board to interact with the PolarFire SoC Video Kit board. The baud rate for such connections must be 115200 bps, as shown in the following figure.Figure 5-8. Serial Port Settings Dialog Box
Important: The data-rate must be configured for all interfaces to establish successful communication with the Video Kit.
