Difference between revisions of "Using FPGA"

FPGA Interfaces

APF9328

• IMX9328-Spartan3 interface description

APF27

• IMX27-Spartan3A interface description

APF51

• IMX51-Spartan6 interface description

APF6_SP

• The full FPGA howto for the APF6_sp, with PCIe, DDR3 and I/O
• IMX6-CycloneV interface description (PCIe)
• DDR3-CycloneV interface description
• Pinout on apf6sp hirose connector

Using Armadeus FPGA

Manage the FPGA from Armadeus distribution.

• Configure or flash FPGA ?
• Configure the FPGA from Linux, from U-Boot, from PCIe.
• Flashing FPGA firmware from Linux, from U-Boot
• Access the FPGA address domain from Linux

Make some examples

These examples give the basis to make VHDL design for FPGA.

• LED
• Complete example with button and led on wishbone bus communication and Linux drivers

Design Tools

Description of tools used to simulate, to synthesize, and to download/configure FGPA.

Xilinx

• ISE WebPack (Xilinx's free devt tool) installation
• Vivado installation on Linux
• How to setup the FPGA toolchain in Ubuntu/Debian
• How to simulate post synthesis and post place & route design with GHDL

Altera

• Quartus Web edition (Altera's free devt tool)
• Install Modelsim-Altera (starter edition)

Automatize FPGA design making

Peripherals On Demand

For complex projects, POD should be used to simplify design.

Migen

With migen, it's possible to develop FPGA design in Python then generate Verilog for synthezis.

Chisel

With Chisel, it's possible to develop FPGA design in Scala then generate C++ model for simulation and Verilog model for synthezis.

VHDL

• VHDL coding styles & externals documentations
• Nice ideas/examples to look at
• www.opencores.org
• An Introductory VHDL Tutorial

Verilog

Links

Some useful links.

Wishbone

• official Wishbone specifications
• Wikipedia Wishbone doc

Spartan

• Spartan-3 FPGA Family Data Sheet

CycloneV

• CycloneV overview from altera