FPGA Development

[flo003]

Hi,
As mentioned on other posts I'm working on a new design of the FPGA. I'm new with TCL and USBBlaster, two tools I have seen are used in the developing process of the bladeRF FPGA.

I have made some changes in the hosted design but for compilation I run ./build_bladerf.sh -r hosted -s 115. This takes from 10 to 15 minutes!
Does someone know a quicker way to generate the FPGA image or even compile (without all the steps) in order to check if there are any mistakes- or even create the necessary input data for simulation?

In reference to the USBBlaster, I bought one but haven't set it up yet. Is there a guide for installation and some signal and probes input files ?

In other words, could someone give me any recommendations in order to set-up a useful every-day bladeRF FPGA development workspace?

Thanks a lot!
Florencia

[math]

It's worth noting, that if you enable the Talkback feature, Quartus will enable parallel compilation. That speeds up some of the process a bit further.

[josebeta77]

Are the FPGA design files available for modification and/or further development? Are they part of the package when purchasing the bladeRF?