Difference between revisions of "Using FPGA"

Design Tools

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

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

Using ARMadeus FPGA

Manage the FGPA from ARMadeus distribution.

• Configure the FPGA from Linux
• Configure the FPGA from U-Boot
• Update the U-Boot FPGA firmware from Linux
• Access the FPGA address domain from Linux
• Ho! No FPGA-reset button on armadeus card.

Hardware description

• Description of FPGA-IMX interface for APF27

Designs examples

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

• LED
• Button and LED
• Button, Linux drivers, Wishbone bus communication and LED

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

VHDL

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

Peripherals On Demand

Links

Some useful links.

Wishbone

• official Wishbone specifications
• Wikipedia Wishbone doc

Spartan

• Spartan-3 FPGA Family Data Sheet

Orchestra

• Orchestra website
• Orchestra project page