LFE2M50E-PS-EVN Lattice, LFE2M50E-PS-EVN Datasheet - Page 23

• Manufacturer Part Number: LFE2M50E-PS-EVN
• Description: Programmable Logic IC Development Tools LatticeECP2M PCI Express Dev Kit
• Manufacturer: Lattice

Specifications of LFE2M50E-PS-EVN

• Rohs: yes
• Tool Is For Evaluation Of: LatticeECP2M-50
• Factory Pack Quantity: 1

PCIe Solutions Board Setup and Installation
LatticeECP2M PCI Express Development Kit User’s Guide
Installing Solutions Board Drivers
This section describes installation of the solutions board device driver
software on a Windows PC. This procedure pertains specifically to the PCIe
Basic demo application. For the PCIe Throughput and DMA demos, you will
need to load the appropriate drivers from the respective demo folders.
Also note that this procedure describes the installation on the Windows XP
platform only. This may vary slightly on Windows 2000 or Windows Server
2003. See Appendix A for corresponding Linux instructions.
Note:
The Found New Hardware popup dialog in Windows appears when the PC is
first booted with the solutions board installed. If this screen does not appear,
the solutions board was not properly detected by the PC BIOS or by
Windows. Refer to Appendix B, “Troubleshooting” on page 63 for more
information.
To install the solutions board drivers on Windows:
1. In the Found New Hardware popup dialog, choose the Install from
2. Use the Browse button to navigate to where you installed the demo
3. Click Next. Windows now copies the driver files and will display a screen
To verify proper driver installation and device recognition on Windows:
1. Right click on the My Computer icon on your Windows desktop and
2. In the System Properties dialog, choose the Hardware tab and click the
3. Right click on the Lattice Eval Board icon and select Properties to show
specific location option and click Next.
package, locate the Demonstration\PCIeBasic directory path on the top
level of the kit directory, and select the Driver folder.
Note:
For the PCIe Throughput and DMA demos used in this kit, you will have to
install the appropriate drivers located in the similar directory path but in
the PCIe Thruput and PCIeDMA folders, respectively.
indicating this. Upon completion, a capital “I” representing initialization will
be displayed on the 16-segment solutions board LED.
choose Properties from the popup menu. Confirm the installation and
verify that Windows properly detects the solutions board hardware.
Device Manager button. The Lattice Evaluation Board (LSC_PCI
Express) should be in the list of hardware devices in your system.
the resources assigned to the device and the driver information.
Memory ranges corresponding to the configured BAR registers will be
assigned to the board. If this is all present, then the demo program is able
to run and access the hardware on the solutions board.
Hardware Installation
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