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+# ecpprog
+
+A basic driver for FTDI based JTAG probes, to program ECP5 FPGAs.
+
+## Features:
+ - Flash programing via JTAG link to ECP5 part.
+ - Validate ECP5 IDCODEs
+ - Read/Decode ECP5 status register
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+```
+sudo apt-get install libftdi-dev
+```
+
+## Building
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/gregdavill/ecpprog ecpprog
+cd ecpprog/ecpprog
+make
+sudo make install
+```
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