Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Doubt about FPGA code and firmware

[Matthias Wilhelm]

Hello,

if you plan to use any part of the USRP2's hardware (daughterboard, ADC, UART, 
ethernet, ...) and don't want to implement all the steps required to configure 
and use them properly, I would suggest to integrate your code parallel to the 
vanilla system (the UHD one!), it is far more work to get it running otherwise. 
The firmware does a lot of stuff. If you don't plan to use the hardware why not 
use a Spartan evaluation kit instead, they have nicer I/O capabilities for 
experimenting and testing?

Matthias


Am 09.02.2011 um 14:19 schrieb Eduardo Lloret Fuentes:

> Good morning,
> 
> I have developed a custom FPGA design for my thesis and I would like to test 
> it using the FPGA inside the USRP2. Since this design is just a combination 
> of filters, multiplexers and signal generators and I am going to test it 
> using an oscilloscope, not the GbE interface, I was wondering if I need to 
> load the actual firmware (txrx.bin).
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Eduardo.