XMOS XTAG-2 User manual

XTAG-2 Quick Start Guide
Version 9.9
Publication Date: 2009/11/03
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1 Introduction
The XTAG-2 debug adapter is a simple adapter card based on an XS1-L1 64TQFP
event-driven processor device. It can be used to connect XMOS development boards
with an XSYS2 connector to PCs, providing a JTAG interface to the board and a 5V
power supply from a USB 2.0 port.
XS1-L1
LQ64
USB Transceiver
20-way
IDC XSYS
Connector
Standard A-Type
USB 2.0
Connector
XTAG-2 Connector
This document explains how to install the XMOS Design Tools and software drivers for
the XTAG-2. Further information on XTAG-2 is available from http://www.xmos.com/xtag2
1.1 System Requirements
•XMOS Design Tools (version 9.9 or later)
•Development board with XMOS XSYS2 Connector
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2 Windows Users
The following steps explain how to get started with the XTAG-2.
1. Download and install the tools
•Go to: http://www.xmos.com/downloads and download the Tools.
• Run the Windows Installer to install the tools. Follow the instructions on
screen.
2. Connect your development board to your system
• Connect the 20-way IDC header on the XTAG-2 connector to the left XSYS
connector on the development board.
•Plug the XTAG-2 into a USB 2.0 connector on your development system.
• Click No when the New Hardware prompt is displayed on screen asking you
to connect to Windows Update.
•Click Next .
•Select Install from list and then click Advanced .
• Browse to the drivers installation directory (default Program Files/XMOS/Desk-
top Tools/9.9/drivers/xtag2) and select the XTAG-2 file.
•Click Next and follow the instructions on screen.
•Click Finish to complete the driver installation.
3. Start the tools
• Select Start ·Programs ·XMOS ·Desktop Tools ·9.9 ·XMOS Develop-
ment Environment to start the Tools.
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3 Mac OSX Users
The following steps explain how to get started with the XTAG-2.
1. Connect the XK-1 card to your system
• Connect the 20-way IDC header on the XTAG-2 to the left XSYS connector on
the XK-1 card.
•Plug the XTAG-2 into a USB 2.0 connector on your development system.
2. Download and install the tools
•Go to: http://www.xmos.com/downloads and download the Tools.
• Double-click the downloaded DMG file to open it, and then drag the XMOS
icon into your Applications folder.
• When the tools have been installed, eject the DMG file (CMD+E) and drag it
to the Trash to delete it.
3. Start the tools
• Run the XDE.app file from Finder (in the installation directory) to start the
Tools.
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4 Linux Users
The following steps explain how to get started with the XTAG-2.
1. Connect the XK-1 card to your system
• Connect the 20-way IDC header on the XTAG-2 debug adapter to the left
XSYS connector on the XK-1 card.
•Plug the XTAG-2 into a USB 2.0 connector on your development system.
• Log into a shell with root permissions, open the file /etc/fstab and add the
following lines to access the USB and high-speed USB file systems:
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults,devmode=0666 0 0
none /dev/bus/usb usbfs defaults,devmode=0666 0 0
•Unmount the USB file systems, for example:
umount /proc/bus/usb
umount /dev/bus/usb
•Remount the USB file systems, for example:
mount /proc/bus/usb
mount /dev/bus/usb
•Log out from root access.
2. Download and install the tools
•Go to: http://www.xmos.com/downloads and download the Tools.
• Uncompress the DesktopTools_9.9.tgz package to your install directory using
the following command:
tar -xzf DesktopTools_9.9.tgz -C /home/user
3. Start the tools and follow the XK-1 tutorial
• Run the following command from the installation directory to set up the
environmental variables for the Tools:
source SetEnv
•Run the following command to start the Tools:
xde
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