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Programmer for FPGA boards using the TinyFPGA USB Bootloader

Project description

Home-page: https://github.com/tinyfpga/TinyFPGA-Bootloader/
Author: Luke Valenty
Author-email: luke@tinyfpga.com
License: GPLv3+
Project-URL: Documentation, https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/distributing-packages/
Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/tinyfpga/TinyFPGA-Bootloader/tree/master/programmer
Project-URL: Tracker, https://github.com/tinyfpga/TinyFPGA-Bootloader/issues
Description: # Programmer

## GUI

The GUI has been moved to the [TinyFPGA Programmer Application repo][gui-repo].
However, the `tinyprog` tool can be used on its own with a command-line
interface:

[gui-repo]: https://github.com/tinyfpga/TinyFPGA-Programmer-Application


## CLI

```
> tinyprog --help
usage: tinyprog [-h] [-l] [-p PROGRAM] [-u PROGRAM_USERDATA] [-b] [-c COM]
[-i ID] [-d DEVICE] [-a ADDR] [-m]

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l, --list list connected and active FPGA boards
-p PROGRAM, --program PROGRAM
program FPGA board with the given bitstream
-u PROGRAM_USERDATA, --program-userdata PROGRAM_USERDATA
program FPGA board with the given user data
-b, --boot command the FPGA board to exit the bootloader and load
the user configuration
-c COM, --com COM serial port name
-i ID, --id ID FPGA board ID
-d DEVICE, --device DEVICE
device id (vendor:product); default is (1d50:6130)
-a ADDR, --addr ADDR force the address to write the bitstream to
-m, --meta dump out the metadata for all connected boards in JSON
```

You can list valid ports with the `--list` option:

```
> tinyprog -l

TinyProg CLI
------------
Using device id 1d50:6130
Only one board with active bootloader, using it.
Boards with active bootloaders:

COM14: TinyFPGA BX 1.0.0
UUID: e518a627-5626-4f92-91f5-07ed26503bb9
FPGA: ice40lp8k-cm81

```

You can use the `--com` option to specify a specific port. If you don't specify a port, it will use the first one in the list:

```
tinyprog --com COM14 --program "..\boards\TinyFPGA_BX\fw.bin"

TinyProg CLI
------------
Using device id 1d50:6130
Only one board with active bootloader, using it.
Programming COM14 with ..\boards\TinyFPGA_BX\fw.bin
Programming at addr 028000
Waking up SPI flash
298940 bytes to program
Erasing: 100%|¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦| 299k/299k [00:01<00:00, 223kB/s]
Writing: 100%|¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦| 299k/299k [00:01<00:00, 235kB/s]
Reading: 100%|¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦| 299k/299k [00:00<00:00, 490kB/s]
Success!
```

You can use the `--id` option to specify a device by ID. You can use just the first few characters of the ID:

```
tinyprog --id e5 --program "..\boards\TinyFPGA_BX\fw.bin"

TinyProg CLI
------------
Using device id 1d50:6130
Only one board with active bootloader, using it.
Programming COM14 with ..\boards\TinyFPGA_BX\fw.bin
Programming at addr 028000
Waking up SPI flash
298940 bytes to program
Erasing: 100%|¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦| 299k/299k [00:01<00:00, 223kB/s]
Writing: 100%|¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦| 299k/299k [00:01<00:00, 235kB/s]
Reading: 100%|¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦| 299k/299k [00:00<00:00, 490kB/s]
Success!
```


## Testing

Tests have been removed for now pending refactoring of test methodology.

Keywords: fpga,tinyfpga,programmer,lattice,ice40
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
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