[Tool] Flashrom v1.2 [DOS]

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Here’s a compiled version of flashrom with Ryzen support (https://github.com/tolga9009/flashrom/tree/ryzen 125). It includes the libpci library so it supports the -p internal flag. It’s possible to compile libpci on Windows using MinGW 11 and DJGPP 5 so I’ve also attached the "libpci-libgetopt" folder with the pre-compiled libraries included so you can compile your own version easily.

Use this to compile it from MSYS:

make CC=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp-gcc STRIP=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp-strip LIBS_BASE=../libpci-libgetopt CONFIG_ENABLE_LIBUSB1_PROGRAMMERS=no 

I've also included a version of Rufus that will create an MS-DOS boot disk. NOTE: You may need to enable the Compatibility Support Module (CSM) in your BIOS to boot it.

To backup your BIOS:

flashrom -p internal -r BACKUP.ROM 

To write your own custom BIOS:

flashrom -p internal -w MOD.ROM 

flashrom.zip (279 KB)

libpci-libgetopt.zip (185 KB)

Rufus_3.8.1579_Win10_MSDOS-Mod.zip (1.91 MB)

MEGA65 on the Nexys 4

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I recently bought a Nexys 4 Artix 7 (PSRAM not DDR version) and I'm trying to program the memory device so it boots directly into MEGA65.

I've compiled the latest nexys4.bit and nexys4.mcs files using Vivado 2019.2. Programming the memory device appears to be successful until I do a "Boot from configuration memory device" and then "Refresh Device". It shows a BIT05_0_CRC_ERROR. JP1 is set to QSPI.

So it looks like it's just the ConfigRate setting that needs changing. 33 MHz is too fast so the next lowest setting 26 MHz appears to work okay.

set_property BITSTREAM.CONFIG.CONFIGRATE 26 [current_design]

Now the only remaining issues are clearing and writing to flash from the MEGA65 configuration and having support for PSRAM again so things ike the MEGAMAZE demo have enough extended RAM for textures.

Centisecond Clock

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I'm working on a project that displays time with centiseconds. I'm using two Adafruit 1.2" 4-digit 7-segment displays and an ESP32 Lolin D32 Pro.

It will connect to a time server on boot and then display the time with centiseconds accuracy.

I have a DS3231 module that I'm going to add for increased time accuracy.

SimpleHIDWrite3

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I ended up finding the source code to this utility and have made several updates:

  • Allow reports larger than 64 bytes
  • Fixed an error when re-connecting a device (which previously required a restart of the app)
  • Made the window larger to accommodate for the larger reports

You can download my updated version and source code from:

SimpleHIDWrite3.zip
HIDKomponente.zip

Thanks to the original author of this tool.

EDIT: Source code is now available on GitHub here

NetSID Update

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I made some updates to the NetSID project. You can download the full ISE project from https://baker76.com/download/fpga/netsid.zip

There are now two ISE project files NetSID_pipistrello.xise and NetSID_papilio.xise which have the appropriate ucf and clock files. These support the Pipistrello and Papilio FPGA development boards respectively.

Here is a list of the main changes:

  1. It now has the latest SID vhdl (with filters) from https://github.com/MEGA65/mega65-core/tree/master/src/vhdl
    • sid_6581.vhd
    • sid_coeffs.vhd
    • sid_components.vhd
    • sid_filters.vhd
    • sid_voice.vhd
  2. Added an audio mixer from https://github.com/GadgetFactory/ZPUino-HDL/tree/master/zpu/hdl/zpuino/contrib
    • simple_sigmadelta.vhd
    • zpuino_audiomixer.vhd
  3. Added the latest async.v from https://www.fpga4fun.com/files/async.zip which contains the latest versions of async_transmitter and async_receiver
  4. Added 2SID and 3SID support
    • There is a demo song included called Earmind_3SID.sid
    • Reading the documentation for the Network SID Device Protocol (https://sourceforge.net/p/jsidplay2/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/jsidplay2/src/main/asciidoc/netsiddev.adoc) the TRY_WRITE command has a 3rd byte which is an 8-bit SID register number from 0x00 to 0x1f. It doesn't mention it but I found by looking at the source that bits 5 to 6 store the SID number when the song supports multiple SIDs.
    • If you run the !play_csid.bat batch file it will run the csid SID player which supports 3SID format so you can compare the results with the FPGA version.
  5. Output from "server_v2_HybridSID - handshake.py" now shows the sid_number variable so you know which SID the data is outputting to

Eg.

using COM15
listening on port 6581
connected
    sid count: 3
[0] model: 0
[0] position: 206
[1] model: 0
[1] position: 50
[2] model: 0
[2] position: 206
[0] resampling method: low quality
[0] clock source speed: PAL
[0] clock source speed: PAL
[0] clock source speed: PAL
    sid count: 3
[0] model: 0
[0] position: 206
[1] model: 0
[1] position: 50
[2] model: 0
[2] position: 206
[0] resampling method: low quality
[0] clock source speed: PAL
    FPGA requested pause, buffer full...
[2] 39346 Bytes/s, block size: 288
    FPGA requested pause, buffer full...
[0] 30406 Bytes/s, block size: 316
    FPGA requested pause, buffer full...
[2] 29653 Bytes/s, block size: 332
    FPGA requested pause, buffer full...
[2] 30620 Bytes/s, block size: 300
    FPGA requested pause, buffer full...
[0] 30347 Bytes/s, block size: 316
    FPGA requested pause, buffer full...
[1] 30633 Bytes/s, block size: 316
    FPGA requested pause, buffer full...
[2] 29623 Bytes/s, block size: 332
    FPGA requested pause, buffer full...

UPDATE: This project is now hosted on GitHub here