BlackIce MX on macOS

[Alwil]

Hi I have been trying for a while to get going with Black Ice MX. I'd like to use the designs I've tested on tinyFPGA BX with the MX. I am on a mac.

I've followed all of the "getting started" tutorials. I've started over and over again several times. I cannot get the BlackIce MX to instantiate any of the examples, let alone my own designs. I verify, build and upload with apio, there are no errors, everything seems successful but then there is no reaction from the MX.

Please help! I'd like to build this on the MX.
I am beginning to believe it is bricked or defective.

[Alwil]

Also. I cannot successfully upload the firmware. I get a dfu error.

Please if someone could guide me through this I would really appreciate it.

[Alwil]

My MX is not bricked! I've successfully uploaded blink example.

What REALLY helped was this thread by AClassifier:

https://forum.mystorm.uk/t/icecore-getting--really--started-on-macos/752,

and the linked blog :

My IceCore notes

Thanks to everyone!

[Alwil]

Please note that APIO upload is still not working. I can upload the binaries with for example:

cat chip.bin >/dev/cu.cu.usbmodem00000000001A1 //this is the address of stm32 when i plug in the MX.

But the same example will not upload with apio.

-I do apio init --board blackice-mx, then apio verify.

Here I get an error with the IceCore examples: error: NULL port declarations are not allowed. scons: *** [hardware.out] Error 1. But I do not get an error with the simple designs I've made with IceStudio (files exported separately: .v, .bin, etc.).

-Then I do apio build, and apio upload. Success in terminal. No reaction from MX.

Can someone help me figure out why apio is not working?

[Aclassifier]

Glad to hear that there was some help at my ("in work") note 195.

(Very much aside: I'll be back, but I got "stuck up" in other things. But I guess I can't use that term when it is so much voluntary! I bought a 1/32 locomotive, which also caused me to try to understand the very interesting original's circuit diagram from 1925!-)

[Alwil]

I've gotten it going! I now have a good workflow. Thanks to all for the help.