<matt___>
the last part is about the bitstream, and I thought it would be fun to show the example working on lots of the dev boards
<matt___>
I've recently got a glasgow but so far not been able to install the Python tools
<matt___>
is there a way I can just load a bitstream with iceprog or similar?
<matt___>
can anyone point me to documentation that covers this and the PCF?
<tnt>
the way to load a bitstream is the python tools ...
<tnt>
the ice40 is connected only to the fx2, there is no onboard spi configuration flash.
<gruetzkopf>
the python tools generate and upload a bitstream made exactly for the task specified
<matt___>
ok, so I have to fix my Python issues first
<tnt>
so you need the fx2 fw to program the ice40. And the fx2 fw is also uploaded dynamically by the python tools ...
<tnt>
(there are ways to make them 'resisdent' I think, but still need the python stuff to do that so that doesn't help you)
<matt___>
I was hoping I'd be able to just take an .asc file generated by nextpnr and get it on there somehow
<matt___>
ok, no probs. I have 6 other boards to demo!
<marcan>
whitequark: fyi I'm moving first week of next month and have a bunch of other things going on, so while I would like to get the glasgow things wrapped up I may have to prioritize other things first :(