ICEsugar board support #219

Obijuan · 2020-11-10T18:15:27Z

Give support to the icesugar board
This support was started by @aalku
In this issue we are documenting the state and the tests

Roadmap:

Verilog blinky example in apio-example. For testing purposes it is a good idea to add a blinky example that can be download directly from apio using the apio example -d command
icesprog toolchain for the Windows
Testing icesugar in Windows
icesprog toolchain for Linux
Testing icesugar in Linux
icesprog toolchain for Macos
Testing the icesugar in Mac (except the final stage: upload)

Obijuan · 2020-11-11T06:46:54Z

Blinky example ready, added to the apio-examples packages
@aalku, it would be nice if you could test it. This is the post on the FPGAwars group (in spanish)

aalku · 2020-11-12T18:30:46Z

I ran the build commands successfully, programmed it and it worked flaulessly. :)

These are the commands and results:

C:\Users\UserName\Documents\GitHub\apio-upstream\x>apio examples -d iCESugar_1_5/Blinky
Creating iCESugar_1_5/Blinky directory ...
Example 'iCESugar_1_5/Blinky' has been successfully created!

C:\Users\UserName\Documents\GitHub\apio-upstream\x>cd iCESugar_1_5/Blinky

C:\Users\UserName\Documents\GitHub\apio-upstream\x\iCESugar_1_5\Blinky>apio build
[Thu Nov 12 19:06:45 2020] Processing iCESugar_1_5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
yosys -p "synth_ice40 -json hardware.json" -q blink.v
nextpnr-ice40 --up5k --package sg48 --json hardware.json --asc hardware.asc --pcf icesugar.pcf -q
Warning: unmatched constraint 'SW[0]' (on line 7)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'SW[1]' (on line 8)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'SW[2]' (on line 9)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'SW[3]' (on line 10)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'RX' (on line 14)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'TX' (on line 15)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'USB_DP' (on line 17)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'USB_DN' (on line 18)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'USB_PULLUP' (on line 19)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P1_1' (on line 22)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P1_2' (on line 23)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P1_3' (on line 24)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P1_4' (on line 25)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P1_9' (on line 26)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P1_10' (on line 27)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P1_11' (on line 28)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P1_12' (on line 29)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P2_1' (on line 32)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P2_2' (on line 33)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P2_3' (on line 34)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P2_4' (on line 35)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P2_9' (on line 36)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P2_10' (on line 37)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P2_11' (on line 38)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P2_12' (on line 39)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P3_1' (on line 42)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P3_2' (on line 43)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P3_3' (on line 44)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P3_4' (on line 45)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P3_9' (on line 46)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P3_10' (on line 47)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P3_11' (on line 48)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P3_12' (on line 49)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P4_1' (on line 52)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P4_2' (on line 53)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P4_3' (on line 54)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'P4_4' (on line 55)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'SPI_SS' (on line 58)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'SPI_SCK' (on line 59)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'SPI_MOSI' (on line 60)
Warning: unmatched constraint 'SPI_MISO' (on line 61)
41 warnings, 0 errors
icepack hardware.asc hardware.bin
C:\Users\UserName\.apio\packages\tool-scons\script\..\engine\SCons\Defaults.py:213: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?
if len(operation_list) is not 2:
==================================================== [SUCCESS] Took 3.62 seconds ====================================================

C:\Users\UserName\Documents\GitHub\apio-upstream\x\iCESugar_1_5\Blinky>


C:\Users\UserName\Documents\GitHub\apio-upstream\x\iCESugar_1_5\Blinky>c:\Users\UserName\.icestudio\apio\packages\toolchain-icesprog\bin\icesprog.exe hardware.bin
flash offset: 0x00000000
write flash (104090 (0x1969a) Bytes)
write 0x00000000
write 0x00010000
done

C:\Users\UserName\Documents\GitHub\apio-upstream\x\iCESugar_1_5\Blinky>

And you can see here the blinky effect:

https://youtu.be/ahHLP2JzkJw

https://youtu.be/wEDMbXawgDk

Obijuan · 2020-11-13T13:13:27Z

Thanks a lot for the tests!!!! I've sent you a new battery of test, in the FPGAwars group. I've already upload the icesprog executables for Widowns and Linux. Now it should be possible to install it with apio install icesprog both in Linux and Windows.

aalku · 2020-11-13T16:19:25Z

As I said in the FPGAwars group (in spanish) on Windows it runs flaulessly.
Unfortunately on Linux it seems to work only as root.

You have the commands results in my answer here

aalku · 2020-11-13T16:28:13Z

It fails here. Run as root is in the left:

I run hidtest and you can see the difference there too. It can enumerate the devices but as non privileged user it can't show device details:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/apio_test/iCESugar_1_5/Blinky$ /home/ubuntu/.apio/packages/toolchain-icesprog/bin/hidtest 
Device Found
  type: 1d50 602b
  path: 0002:0005:03
  serial_number: (null)
  Manufacturer: (null)
  Product:      (null)
  Release:      100
  Interface:    3

Device Found
  type: 0e0f 0003
  path: 0002:0002:00
  serial_number: (null)
  Manufacturer: (null)
  Product:      (null)
  Release:      103
  Interface:    0

unable to open device
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/apio_test/iCESugar_1_5/Blinky$ sudo /home/ubuntu/.apio/packages/toolchain-icesprog/bin/hidtest 
Device Found
  type: 1d50 602b
  path: 0002:0005:03
  serial_number: 07000001066cff343832434257103306a5a5a5a597969908
  Manufacturer: MuseLab
  Product:      DAPLink CMSIS-DAP
  Release:      100
  Interface:    3

Device Found
  type: 0e0f 0003
  path: 0002:0002:00
  serial_number: (null)
  Manufacturer: VMware
  Product:      VMware Virtual USB Mouse
  Release:      103
  Interface:    0

unable to open device
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/apio_test/iCESugar_1_5/Blinky$

I'll read about hidapi and root issues.

aalku · 2020-11-13T16:36:28Z

Ok. I think I undestand. I think we need to add udev stuff here:

apio/apio/managers/drivers.py

Line 61 in 5bcf791

class Drivers(object): # pragma: no cover

Now I'm sure you knew this. :)

aalku · 2020-11-13T16:51:52Z

After adding this to /etc/udev/rules.d/80-fpga-ftdi.rules:

# -- for iCESugar board
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTRS{idProduct}=="602b", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess"

and reconnecting the board it works:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/apio_test/iCESugar_1_5/Blinky$ apio upload
[Fri Nov 13 08:42:57 2020] Processing iCESugar_1_5
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
icesprog hardware.bin
flash offset: 0x00000000
write flash (104090 (0x1969a) Bytes)
write 0x00000000
write 0x00010000
done
======================================================================================= [SUCCESS] Took 9.71 seconds =======================================================================================
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/apio_test/iCESugar_1_5/Blinky$

😍

I don't think hid and ftdi are the same so maybe it should be in another file.

It seems hid stands for Human Interface Device (keyboard, mouse...) while FTDI is actually an enterprise related to USB-Serial devices. I didn't know it was an enterprise. I thought it was a "tecnology name".

Well, I'm sure you'll know what to do with this. I learned about USB devices permissions. :)

Obijuan · 2020-11-14T09:46:13Z

Great! Suport for the icesugar in windows: Finished!

Support for the icesugar in Linux:
I've already include the new udev rules in apio. Just for the safe side, I would like you to test it again. The new tests are proposed on the FPGAwars group

aalku · 2020-11-14T18:00:31Z

Done!

		ubuntu@ubuntu:~/apio-test/iCESugar_1_5/Blinky$ apio drivers --ftdi-disable
		Revert FTDI drivers configuration
		FTDI drivers disabled
		Unplug and reconnect your board
		ubuntu@ubuntu:~/apio-test/iCESugar_1_5/Blinky$ apio upload
		[Sat Nov 14 09:57:54 2020] Processing iCESugar_1_5
		--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		icesprog hardware.bin
		iCELink open fail!
		scons: *** [upload] Error 255
		========================= [ ERROR ] Took 0.20 seconds =========================
		ubuntu@ubuntu:~/apio-test/iCESugar_1_5/Blinky$ apio drivers --ftdi-enable
		Configure FTDI drivers for FPGA
		FTDI drivers enabled
		Unplug and reconnect your board
		ubuntu@ubuntu:~/apio-test/iCESugar_1_5/Blinky$ apio upload
		[Sat Nov 14 09:58:05 2020] Processing iCESugar_1_5
		--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		icesprog hardware.bin
		flash offset: 0x00000000
		write flash (104090 (0x1969a) Bytes)
		write 0x00000000
		write 0x00010000
		done
		========================= [SUCCESS] Took 9.50 seconds =========================

Obijuan · 2020-11-15T08:03:30Z

great! Thanks a lot! I am updating the roadmap. Now the only item left is the support for mac. I need @cavearr to give me a hand on that. I need to connect to a mac virtual machine to perform the tests and to generate the executable

Obijuan · 2020-11-22T10:49:45Z

The toolchain is ready for mac!!! :-)
For testing in mac we need both a mac and the icesugar. That is complicated. So, the final step: upload has not yet been tested, but I will close this issue

If a mac user with an icesugar board test it and it fails, please reopen this issue

Archfx · 2023-02-16T05:43:35Z

Hi,

I am a Mac user with an IceSugar board. Apparently, I cant install the icesprog with apio install icesprog command.

Following is the error message

❯ apio install icesprog
(DEBUG) Profile path: /Users/archfx/.apio/profile.json
(DEBUG) Home_dir: /Users/archfx/.apio
Error: no such package 'icesprog'

Am I doing something wrong here?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Obijuan · 2023-02-16T07:38:10Z

The package icesprog is no longer available. Instead you should install oss-cad-suite

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