5.1 Setting Up the Hardware

After generating the bitstream, the PolarFire device is programmed on Evaluation kit by performing the following steps:

  1. Ensure that the jumper settings on the board are same as listed in the following table.
    Table 5-1. Jumper Settings
    JumperDescription
    J18, J19, J20, J21, J22Close pin 2 and 3 for programming the PolarFire FPGA through FTDI
    J28Close pin 1 and 2 for programming through the on-board FlashPro5
    J26Close pin 1 and 2 for programming through the FTDI SPI
    J27Close pin 1 and 2 for programming through the FTDI SPI
    J4Close pin 1 and 2 for manual power switching using SW3
    J12Close pin 3 and 4 for 2.5 V
    J23Remain open
    SW11Switch 1 and 2. Selects Tx and Rx LO (Local Oscillator) frequency in AD9371. For more information, see Changing the Tx and Rx frequency section.
    SW5Reset switch
  2. Connect the power supply cable to the J9 connector on the board.
  3. Connect the USB cable from the host PC to the J5 (FTDI port) on the board.
  4. Power on the board using the SW3 slide switch.
  5. For external loop back demo, connect TX1 to RX1 using the 1 SMA to SMA cables.

The following figure shows the board setup for the mentioned jumper settings.

Figure 5-1. PolarFire FPGA Evaluation Kit Jumper Settings for SDR

When the board is powered up, power supply LEDs DS3 to DS14 is switched on. For more information about LEDs on the PolarFire FPGA Evaluation Kit, see UG0747: PolarFire FPGA Evaluation Kit User Guide.