I have a brand new LimeSDR Mini V1.2 that we are trying to use for our Portsdown Digital TV project that will not update its firmware or gateware.
LimeUtil --update gives:
LimeUtil --update
Programming failed! Read operation failedled! Read operation failed (/home/pi/.local/share/LimeSuite/images/19.01/LimeSDR-Mini_HW_1.2_r1.29.rpd)
Programming failed! Read operation failed
Programming update failed!
I have checked and the update file exists:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -l /home/pi/.local/share/LimeSuite/images/19.01
total 564
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 577536 Feb 1 09:45 LimeSDR-Mini_HW_1.2_r1.29.rpd
The failure occurs on multiple Raspberry Pis that have successfully updated other LimeSDR Minis.
I tried reflashing the EEPROM:
No change. It does pass LimeQuickTest:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ LimeQuickTest
[ TESTING STARTED ]
->Start time: Sun Mar 10 12:56:24 2019
->Device: LimeSDR Mini, media=USB 2.0, module=FT601, addr=24607:1027,
serial=1D42593DCD4F86
Warning: USB3 not available
Serial Number: 1D42593DCD4F86
[ Clock Network Test ]
->REF clock test
Test results: 50505; 63702; 11362 - PASSED
->VCTCXO test
Results : 6711065 (min); 6711219 (max) - PASSED
->Clock Network Test PASSED
[ FPGA EEPROM Test ]
->Read EEPROM
->Read data: 12 07 1B 13 03 0A 03
->FPGA EEPROM Test PASSED
[ LMS7002M Test ]
->Perform Registers Test
->External Reset line test
Reg 0x20: Write value 0xFFFD, Read value 0xFFFD
Reg 0x20: value after reset 0x0FFFF
->LMS7002M Test PASSED
[ RF Loopback Test ]
->Configure LMS
->Run Tests (TX_2 -> LNA_W):
CH0 (SXR=1000.0MHz, SXT=1005.0MHz): Result:(-15.5 dBFS, 5.00 MHz) - PASSED
->Run Tests (TX_1 -> LNA_H):
CH0 (SXR=2100.0MHz, SXT=2105.0MHz): Result:(-15.5 dBFS, 5.00 MHz) - PASSED
->RF Loopback Test PASSED
=> Board tests PASSED <=
Elapsed time: 2.64 seconds
But is unusable in our application with this old firmware/gateware standard.
@zack - any further ideas, or is it an RMA?
Thanks
Dave, G8GKQ