# iCEBreaker **URL:** https://forum.1bitsquared.com/c/projects/icebreaker/6.md [Latest](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the iCEBreaker category](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/about-the-icebreaker-category/103)
**Author:** [@esden](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/esden)\ **Replies:** 0
Here we discuss the iCEBreaker FPGA development and educational ecosystem. If you are just looking for additional information you might be able to find it in one of the following locations: iCEBreaker GitHub Organizat… --- ## [What versions were made?](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/what-versions-were-made/265)
**Author:** [@lloyd](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/lloyd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/what-versions-were-made/265 "2024-10-09T15:37:29Z")
Kia ora, What versions of the iCEBreaker were made and shipped to the general public? I currently have a 1.0d and 1.0e board. I am looking at added a device quirk to NetBSD so that the port A of the FTDI chip doesn’t g… --- ## [3.3v regulator overheating](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/3-3v-regulator-overheating/240)
**Author:** [@AdrianB](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/AdrianB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/3-3v-regulator-overheating/240 "2023-12-16T20:14:18Z")
I installed Bowmans ja1 forth and immediately one of the 3.3v regulators became hot. The one near the blue LED. Any suggestions. --- ## [Help troubleshooting my good-old icebreaker](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/help-troubleshooting-my-good-old-icebreaker/228)
**Author:** [@sylefeb](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/sylefeb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/help-troubleshooting-my-good-old-icebreaker/228 "2023-05-30T21:09:46Z")
Hi Everyone, Context A strange problem appeared on my good old icebreaker. To be sure, this is most certainly due to me doing too many hacks around it, as it has otherwise worked perfectly since 2020 and has proven sup… --- ## [USB ( FT2232 ) not recognized](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/usb-ft2232-not-recognized/210)
**Author:** [@hassin](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/hassin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/usb-ft2232-not-recognized/210 "2022-10-22T09:44:45Z")
Hello All, thanks to @esden and the community for this wonderful project. I have received my iCEBreaker v1.0e board, but so far I am unable to recognize it over the USB I have tried on both Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10 … --- ## [Module KiCAD footprint, symbol, 3D shape](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/module-kicad-footprint-symbol-3d-shape/176)
**Author:** [@SiccoDwars](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/SiccoDwars)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/module-kicad-footprint-symbol-3d-shape/176 "2021-10-19T22:19:37Z")
Hello IceBreaker community - I am looking for the KiCAD footprint and 3D model for the IceBreaker module. This so that I can use the IceBreaker as a component on a larger PCB. I’ve been searching for the past hour bus ju… --- ## [Why is the VCCIO\_2 connected to the Button?](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/why-is-the-vccio-2-connected-to-the-button/179)
**Author:** [@tuabu](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/tuabu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/why-is-the-vccio-2-connected-to-the-button/179 "2021-07-26T07:31:01Z")
I am building the icebreaker bitsy and in the schematic there ist the VCCIO\_2 connected to one side of the Button and is going to be pulled low when the button is pressed. Is this for the DFU-Bootloader or something else… --- ## [(WSL) Can't find iCE FTDI USB device](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/wsl-cant-find-ice-ftdi-usb-device/41)
**Author:** [@Carlos\_Diaz](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/Carlos_Diaz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/wsl-cant-find-ice-ftdi-usb-device/41 "2020-08-09T02:09:09Z")
Hi, Just got my iCEBreaker board and wanted to test it, sadly for me my linux box got broken so i gave WSL a try, i have installed all the requirements (icestorm, yosys, nextpnr for ice40). After adding the file /etc/u… --- ## [NES on the iCEBreaker](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/nes-on-the-icebreaker/47)
**Author:** [@lawrie](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/lawrie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/nes-on-the-icebreaker/47 "2020-05-14T07:09:58Z")
I have started a new post to explain how to use my port of the Nintendo Entertainment System to the iCEBreaker. On the hardware side you will need the VGA Pmod from Diigilent or an equivalent. They are wid… --- ## [The Robin SoC/CPU](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/the-robin-soc-cpu/85)
**Author:** [@varkenvarken](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/varkenvarken)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/the-robin-soc-cpu/85 "2020-03-18T15:00:49Z")
Hi, this might also be of interest: I have created a SoC/CPU on the iCEbreaker. It goes further than the hardware alone as it comes with an monitor program, simulator, assembler and even the beginnings of a C-like compi… --- ## [iCEBcom project](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebcom-project/82)
**Author:** [@Qubit](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/Qubit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebcom-project/82 "2020-02-25T04:21:04Z")
Motivated by the experience with other platforms, I programmed some modules that allow a very simple communication between the host computer and the iCEBreaker. On the FPGA, a number of input and output bytes provid… --- ## [Spinning a prototype based on the iCEBreaker schematic](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/spinning-a-prototype-based-on-the-icebreaker-schematic/50)
**Author:** [@eschlappi](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/eschlappi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/spinning-a-prototype-based-on-the-icebreaker-schematic/50 "2020-02-11T00:54:16Z")
I’ve been prototyping a design (a synthesizer module) on the icebreaker board for the last month or so and i think its time to get it off the breadboard. My plan was (for a first spin) use the same ftdi chip, fpga, and … --- ## [Fpga4fun Pong VGA demo](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/fpga4fun-pong-vga-demo/44)
**Author:** [@lawrie](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/lawrie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/fpga4fun-pong-vga-demo/44 "2019-12-05T17:01:26Z")
I got my icebreaker with the HDMI Pmod yesterday. Here it is running the VGA demo from the fpga4fun site, using a Digilent VGA Pmod and a homemade quadrature one. I will probably convert that to use the HDMI Pmod… --- ## [How to tell if the board is ok when iceprog hangs?](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/how-to-tell-if-the-board-is-ok-when-iceprog-hangs/65)
**Author:** [@varkenvarken](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/varkenvarken)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/how-to-tell-if-the-board-is-ok-when-iceprog-hangs/65 "2019-12-03T16:43:07Z")
Icebreaker board arrived today from https://1bitsquared.de/ but I am not sure it is ok. I plugged it into the usb and all leds lit up but without documentation is hard to guess what expect. (I was expecting some blinking… --- ## [iCEBreaker FPGA board issue?](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-fpga-board-issue/62)
**Author:** [@santvasu](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/santvasu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-fpga-board-issue/62 "2019-11-23T08:46:39Z")
Hello everybody i got my iCEBreaker board and was trying out the examples. The first example i tried was a modified version of WTFpga (without seg seg and dip switch). A simple one which used the onboard push buttons… --- ## [Errors on WTFpga software setup](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/errors-on-wtfpga-software-setup/36)
**Author:** [@andreaspro](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/andreaspro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/errors-on-wtfpga-software-setup/36 "2019-08-16T00:27:08Z")
Hello all, I was going through the WTFpga software setup and I got an error when I run the ./summon-fpga-tools.sh. My setup is macOS version 10.14.6. The error message I get is: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*… --- ## [iCEBreaker CS Update: August Production Progress](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-cs-update-august-production-progress/34)
**Author:** [@esden](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/esden)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-cs-update-august-production-progress/34 "2019-08-14T18:36:36Z")
Hi Everyone, tldr; Production is going well, we produced 240 iCEBreakers and shipped out 182 main batch orders during the month of July. The LED Panels are now ordered and should ship to us any day now. Production pr… --- ## [iCEBreaker V1.0 Crowd Supply Campaign](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-v1-0-crowd-supply-campaign/13)
**Author:** [@esden](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/esden)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-v1-0-crowd-supply-campaign/13 "2019-08-14T18:36:36Z")
Hey everyone! In this topic I would like to keep you up to date with the status of the iCEBreaker FPGA crowd supply campaign. Do not worry if you don’t want to follow the forum and are afraid if you will miss something… --- ## [iCEBreaker CS Update: Main Batch iCEBreaker Production Begins](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-cs-update-main-batch-icebreaker-production-begins/32)
**Author:** [@esden](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/esden)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-cs-update-main-batch-icebreaker-production-begins/32 "2019-07-11T23:59:54Z")
Hi Everyone! tldr; We have scheduled the rest of July exclusively for board assembly, iCEBreaker, LED Panel PMODs and HDMI Pmods. As soon as we have enough iCEBreakers assembled to fulfill the tiers that don’t contain … --- ## [iCEBreaker CS Update: Finished Early-bird Shipping and Other News](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-cs-update-finished-early-bird-shipping-and-other-news/30)
**Author:** [@esden](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/u/esden)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.1bitsquared.com/t/icebreaker-cs-update-finished-early-bird-shipping-and-other-news/30 "2019-06-03T20:46:49Z")
Hi Everyone! We have great news! Today we shipped the last of the Early Bird tier rewards! If you ordered only Early Bird items you either got your rewards already or you should be getting a shipping notification very s…