F-SightXstick FAQ

FAQ before purchase

Tell me about the operating environment required by F-SightXstick.
How should F-SightXstick be connected to the target?
Is the power of F-SightXsitck supplied through AC adapter?

Technical questions

Any points to note when establishing connections?
Any specific order for power ON/OFF?
Is F-SightXstick also capable of FPGA configuration?
F-SightXstick has only 2 analyzer channels. Is it possible to add more?
On CSIDE debugger, I sometimes see messages indicating Bypass error, MDM not recognizable, etc., and the operation is unstable at that time.
When I try to write into the flash memory installed on Xilinx-made Starter Kit, verification error/status error occurs sometimes.

FAQ before purchase

Tell me about the operating environment required by F-SightXstick.

32-bit WindowsVista, WindowsXP Professional/Home, and Windows2000 Professional OSs and IBM PC/AT compatibles with USB2.0/1.1 Full-speed are supported. For details, refer to F-SightXstick page of Computex website.

How should F-SightXstick be connected to the target?

For connection to the target, use the connector with 8 strings of flying wires.

Is the power of F-SightXsitck supplied through AC adapter?

F-SightXStick has V-Bus provision for operation powered by the host computer through USB pin.

Technical questions

Any points to note when establishing connections?

When you establish connection to the target system, always make sure that the power to F-SightXstick and the power switch of the target system are not ON before you connect them.
Also, keep it in mind that you should always start connection from "GND" pin.

Any specific order for power ON/OFF?

At the time of startup, input the power to F-SightXstick first, then turn ON the target system's power switch. At the time of ending, turn OFF the target system's power switch first, then cut the power to F-SightXstick. Note that the power of F-SightXstick comes ON at the instant you connect it with USB cable.

Is F-SightXstick also capable of FPGA configuration?

It does allow configuration of FPGA, but does not support writing into configuration ROM; Use purpose-made writing tool.

F-SightXstick has only 2 analyzer channels. Is it possible to add more?

F-SightXstick MircroBlaze is the tool intended mainly for debugging of MicroBlaze (i.e. CPU), and analyzer feature works as simple analyzer. If you are expecting sophisticated analyzer feature, we advise you to use F-Sight MicroBlaze. Besides full-fledged analyzer feature, it has provision for CPU tracing (supports XMTC) as well. Also, optional products are available. For details, refer to F-Sight page of Computex website.

On CSIDE debugger, I sometimes see messages indicating Bypass error, MDM not recognizable, etc., and the operation is unstable at that time.

In some FPGA circuitry created by users, JTAG signals seem to be affected by the noise. If you bring down the ohmic value of 100Ω series resister implemented on TCK line among JTAG signals in Xilinx-made evaluation board or short-circuit, it may make the operation stable in some cases. However, alteration to Xilinx-made evaluation board is to be made at your own cost as a user.

When I try to write into the flash memory installed on Xilinx-made Starter Kit, verification error/status error occurs sometimes.

When writing into flash memory, errors seem to occur in some cases using flash monitor program. In such cases, error could be avoided by writing in the mode that does not use flash monitor program.
In CSIDE, from menu bar, select [File][Flash memory map], and you will be presented with [Flash memory] dialog box. By turning OFF [Use monitor] checkbox option, writing can be implemented without using flash monitor program.