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12 Jul 2023 11:08 - 12 Jul 2023 11:17 #275278 by RiJa
Replied by RiJa on topic ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board
5A-75E ver8
EDIT: ok so i tried without the eth: and now it works. Thank you !
halcmd: loadrt litexcnc_eth connection_string="10.0.0.10"
litexcnc: loading litexCNC etherbone driver version 1.0.0
LitexCNC-eth: connected to board on '10.0.0.10:1234'
litexcnc: Setting up modules...
litexcnc: Reading 20 bytes
litexcnc:  - Watchdog
litexcnc:  - Wallclock
litexcnc:  - gpio ... done!
litexcnc: Creating read and write buffers...
litexcnc: Base addresses: init: 00000000, reset: 00000034, config: 00000038, write: 00000038, read: 00000044
litexcnc:  - Write buffer: 12 bytes
litexcnc:  - Read buffer: 20 bytes
litexcnc: Exporting functions...
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14 Jul 2023 13:09 - 14 Jul 2023 13:21 #275412 by RiJa
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Does anybody know what type of board type do i write in the JSON config if i have a version 8 5A-75E. Because right now I'm using VER 6 and it can write fine but when monitoring it in LinuxCNC it has problems reading the pins. e.g. When i set on an out pin and measure the pin in the board it, it doesnt show that it's on.
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14 Jul 2023 13:21 #275413 by cornholio
Replied by cornholio on topic ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board
It will depend on which branch but for the main branch look here
github.com/Peter-van-Tol/LiteX-CNC/blob/....0_i12o14p6s6e6.json

or 11-add-external-extensions-to-litexcnc

github.com/Peter-van-Tol/LiteX-CNC/blob/...75b_v8.0_i24o32.json

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15 Jul 2023 10:53 - 15 Jul 2023 10:58 #275501 by deroj
Replied by deroj on topic ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board

5A-75E Version 8.2
I spotted a new FPGA in the wild. I received a version 8.2 of the 5A-75E. It took me some time to get it talking to LinuxCNC, but that was my fault. If you receive such an FPGA, you can use the firmware for the version 6.0 as the pin-out seems to be the same. The only difference seems to be a higher speed grade for the FPGA.

It seems that there are some differences in the board definition.
There can be found in the litex folder
/litex/litex-boards/litex_boards/platforms/colorlight_5a_75e.py

maybe you can add or change the Pins for your needs

EDIT:
I found some information which says that the V6 should fit the V8 pinout.
github.com/q3k/chubby75/commit/0d1d55fee...bc2f96bbd8197571314d
 
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16 Jul 2023 16:57 - 16 Jul 2023 17:00 #275584 by deroj
Replied by deroj on topic ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board
For those who are interessted, I build a carrier for the 5A-75B board which is compatible to theWeidmueller PF RS 80 system.Order-No.  13244600000.

I attached the link for STL.
www.dropbox.com/s/t3pujahn34qkd9j/Colorlight-5A-75B-PF.stl?dl=0
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19 Jul 2023 14:13 #275817 by wuyatom
Replied by wuyatom on topic ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board
11-add-external-extensions-to-litexcnc How is this branch installed? Are there any detailed steps?

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20 Jul 2023 00:18 #275839 by cornholio
Replied by cornholio on topic ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board
git clone github.com/Peter-van-Tol/LiteX-CNC.git
cd LiteX-CNC
git checkout 11-add-external-extensions-to-litexcnc
pip3 install ./ litexcnc[cli]

It is discussed here:
github.com/Peter-van-Tol/LiteX-CNC/issues/15

This the method I use.

Please note take note of the info on this page  for installing\building the driver
github.com/Peter-van-Tol/LiteX-CNC/tree/...compiling-the-driver

 

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20 Jul 2023 04:25 #275855 by wuyatom
Replied by wuyatom on topic ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board
 
I have uninstalled sudo pip3 install -- extra index url test.pypi.org/simple/ For installations like litexcnc [cli]=0.9.0a5, error messages may still pop up
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20 Jul 2023 05:06 #275857 by wuyatom
Replied by wuyatom on topic ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board
   
 
Replacing it with the debian10 litexcnc branch can install it. It was just installed under debian11 and keeps making mistakes，
There was an error installing lite. I used to install lite in the OPT directory and have also compiled firmware. Now, when I switch to the lite CNC of this branch, there is a lite installation error
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20 Jul 2023 05:38 - 20 Jul 2023 05:45 #275859 by cornholio
Replied by cornholio on topic ColorCNC Colorlight 5A-75E/5A-75B as FPGA controller board
Try:
pip3 install . litexcnc[cli]

litexcnc install_litex --user

litexcnc install_toolchain --user

I keep to the 11-add-external-extensions-to-litexcnc branch as you don't need to give a path to a config file when loading the driver. This is the branch I've been helping Peter on for installing the driver.

I usually use Bookworm book did notice with an earlier Debian version I had to upgrade pip (or pip3) and setup tools. BTW with Linuxcnc 2.9, if you have done a recent checkout or pull, you no longer need to give a path to the modules directory.
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