Using FPGA

Developing on the APF FPGA

1. Starting Up with FPGA All you need to know to play with the Armadeus FPGA.	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)
2. 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	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
3. 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
FPGA Interfaces APF9328 : IMX9328-Spartan3 interface description APF27 : IMX27-Spartan3A interface description APF51 : IMX51-Spartan6 interface description APF6SP: IMX6-CycloneV interface description (PCIe) DDR3-CycloneV interface description Pinout on apf6sp hirose connector	Links Some useful links. Wishbone official Wishbone specifications Wikipedia Wishbone doc Spartan Spartan-3 FPGA Family Data Sheet CycloneV CycloneV overview from altera