Designing FPGAs Using the Vivado Design Suite 2

Course Description

This course shows you how to to build an effective FPGA design using synchronous design techniques. Using the Vivado® IP integrator to create a sub-system and using proper HDL coding techniques to improve design performance. How to debugging a design with multiple clock domains.

Level

FPGA 2

Course Duration

2 days

Who Should Attend?

Digital designers who have a working knowledge of HDL (VHDL or Verilog) and who are new to Xilinx FPGAs.

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of the VHDL or Verilog language
• Digital design knowledge

Recommended Recorded Videos

• Designing FPGAs Using the Vivado Design Suite 1 course
• Working HDL knowledge (VHDL or Verilog)
• Digital design experience

Optional Videos

• Basic HDL Coding Techniques

Software Tools

• Vivado System Edition 2016.3

Hardware

• Architecture: UltraScale™ and 7 series FPGAs*
• Demo board (optional): Kintex® UltraScale FPGA KCU105 board or Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 board*

* This course focuses on the UltraScale and 7 series architectures. Check with your local Authorized Training Provider for the specifics of the in-class lab board or other customizations.

Skills Gained

After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:

• Build resets into your system for optimum reliability and design speed
• Take advantage of the Xilinx UltraScale FPGA resources
• Build custom IP with the IP Library utility
• Apply basic timing constraints (create_clock, set_input_delay, and set_output_delay)
• Use the primary Tcl-based reports (check_timing, report_clock_interaction, report_clock_networks, and report_timing_summary)
• Identify synchronous design techniques
• Describe how an FPGA is configured

Course Outline

Day 1

• UltraFast Design Methodology Introduction 2 {Lecture, Lab}
• Scripting in a Vivado Design Suite Project-Based Flow {Lecture, Lab}
• Clocking Resources {Lecture, Lab}
• Synchronous Design Techniques {Lecture}
• Register Duplication {Lecture}
• Resets {Lecture, Lab}
• I/O Logic Resources {Lecture}
• Timing Summary Report {Lecture, Demo}
• Introduction to Timing Exceptions {Lecture, Lab, Demo}

Day 2

• Generated Clocks {Lecture, Demo}
• Applying Clock Groups Constraints {Lecture, Demo}
• Creating and Packaging Custom IP {Lecture, Lab}
• Using an IP Container {Lecture, Demo}
• Designing with IP Integrator {Lecture, Lab, Demo}
• Introduction to the HLx Design Flow {Lecture, Lab, Demo}
• Configuration Process {Lecture}
• Sampling and Capturing data in multiple clock-domains in VLA {Lecture, Lab}
• Design Analysis Using Tcl Data Structures {Lecture, Lab}
• Power Analysis and Optimization Using the Vivado Design Suite {Lecture, Lab}

Topic Descriptions

Day 1

• UltraFast Design Methodology Introduction 2 – Overview of the methodology guidelines covered in this course.
• Scripting in a Vivado Design Suite Project-Based Flow. – Explains how to write Tcl commands in the project-based flow for a design.
• Clocking Resources – Describes various clock resources, clocking layout, and routing in a design.
• Synchronous Design Techniques – Introduces synchronous design techniques used in an FPGA design.
• Register Duplication – Use register duplication to reduce high fanout nets in a design.
• Resets – Investigates the impact of using asynchronous resets in a design.
• I/O Logic Resources – Overview of I/O resources and the IOB property for timing closure.
• Timing Summary Report – Use the post-implementation timing summary report to sign-off criteria for timing closure.
• Introduction to Timing Exceptions – Introduces timing exception constraints and applying them to fine tune design timing.

Day 2

• Generated Clocks – Use the report clock networks report to determine if there are any generated clocks in a design.
• Applying Clock Groups Constraints – Apply clock groups constraint for asynchronous clock domains.
• Creating and Packaging Custom IP – Create your own IP and package and include it in the Vivado IP catalog.
• Using an IP Container – Use a core container file as a single file representation for an IP.
• Designing with IP Integrator – Use the Vivado IP integrator to create the uart_led sub-system.
• Introduction to the HLx Design Flow.– Use the HLx design flow to increase productivity and reduce run time when designing and verifying a design.
• Configuration Process – Understand the FPGA configuration process, such as device power up, CRC check, etc.
• Sampling and Capturing Data in Multiple Clock Domains in VLA.– Overview of debugging a design with multiple clock domains that require multiple ILAs.
• Design Analysis Using Tcl Data Structures – Analyze a design using Tcl commands.
• Power Analysis and Optimization Using the Vivado Design Suite – Use report power commands to estimate power consumption.