5 Running the Demo

The PolarFire Splash Board comes with a preprogrammed JESD204B standalone demo design.

The following steps set up the PolarFire Spash Kit Board to run the JESD204B demo.
  1. Connect the power supply cable to the J2 connector on the board.
  2. Connect the USB cable from the host PC to the J1 connector (FTDI port) on the board.
  3. Power on the board using the SW1 slide switch.
The following LEDs glow when the board is completely powered-up and the demo design is running.
  • Power supply LEDs: LED1 to LED6
  • Demo LEDs: DS1, DS3, DS4, DS5, DS6, and D5