Xilinx – Vivado FPGA Essentials ONLINE

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PLEASE NOTE: This is a LIVE INSTRUCTOR-LED training event delivered ONLINE.

It covers the same scope and content, and delivers similar learning outcomes, as a scheduled face-to face class.


Course Description

This course will enable you to:

  • build an effective FPGA design using synchronous design techniques
  • instantiate appropriate device resources
  • use proper HDL coding techniques
  • make good pin assignments
  • set basic XDC constraints
  • use the Vivado Design Suite to build, synthesize, implement, and download a design.

Training Duration

4 sessions (Details » )

Who Should Attend?

  • Digital designers who have a working knowledge of HDL (VHDL or Verilog) and who are new to Xilinx FPGAs
  • Existing Xilinx ISE users who have no previous experience or training with the Xilinx PlanAhead suite and little or no knowledge of Kintex-7 or Virtex-7 devices.
  • Engineers wishing to design with 6-series devices should contact Doulos for further information.
  • Engineers who are already familiar with Xilinx 7-series devices and have at least some familiarity with PlanAhead should instead attend Vivado Design Suite. See the recommended learning path above and please contact Doulos for further information.

Prerequisites

  • Working HDL knowledge (VHDL or Verilog)
  • Digital design experience

Software Tools

  • Vivado System Edition 2015.3

Hardware

  • Architecture: 7 series FPGAs*
  • Demo board: none
* This course focuses on the 7 series architecture. Please contact Doulos for the specifics of the in-class labs or other customizations.

Skills Gained

After completing this training, you will know how to:

  • Take advantage of the primary 7 series FPGA architecture resources
  • Use the Project Manager to start a new project
  • Identify the available Vivado IDE design flows (project based and non-project batch)
  • Identify file sets (HDL, XDC, simulation)
  • Analyze designs by using the cross-selection capabilities, Schematic viewer, and Hierarchical viewer
  • Synthesize and implement an HDL design
  • Utilize the available synthesis and implementation reports to analyze a design (utilization, timing, power, etc.)
  • Build custom IP with the IP Library utility
  • Make 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)
  • Describe and analyze common STA reports
  • Identify synchronous design techniques
  • Describe how an FPGA is configured.

Course Outline

Sessions 1 and 2

  • Basic FPGA Architecture
  • Vivado IDE Features and Benefits
  • Introduction to the Vivado Design Suite
  • Vivado IDE Project Manager and IP Library
  • Vivado IDE Tool Overview
  • Lab 1: Vivado Tool Overview
  • Vivado IDE Synthesis and Reports
  • Vivado IDE Implementation and Static Timing Analysis
  • Lab 2: Vivado Synthesis and Implementation

Sessions 3 and 4

  • Designing with FPGA Resources
  • Clocking Resources
  • Lab 3a: Designing with FPGA Resources
  • Lab 3b: Creating an IP Integrator Subsystem Design
  • Basic Timing Constraints (XDC)
  • Timing Reports
  • Lab 4: Basic XDC and Timing Reports
  • Synchronous Design Techniques
  • FPGA Configuration
  • Course Summary

Lab Descriptions

  • Lab 1: Vivado Tool Overview – Create a project in the Vivado Design Suite. Add files, simulate, and elaborate the design. Review the available reports, analyze the design with the Schematic and Hierarchy viewers, and run a design rule check (DRC). Finally, assign some of the I/O pins using the IO Planner.
  • Lab 2: Vivado Synthesis and Implementation – Synthesize and analyze the design with the Schematic viewer, review XDC timing constraints, and run basic static timing analysis using the check_timing and report_clock_utilization reports. Implement the design and analyze some timing critical paths with the Schematic viewer. Download the bitstream to the demonstration board.
  • Lab 3a: Designing with FPGA Resources – use the Xilinx Clocking Wizard to configure a clocking subsystem to provide various clock outputs and clock buffers to connect clock signals to global clock networks.
  • Lab 3b: Creating an IP Integrator Subsystem Design – Use the IP Integrator to create a complex system design by instantiating and interconnecting IPs from the Vivado IP Catalog on a design canvas.
  • Lab 4: Basic XDC and Timing Reports – Use the create_clock, set_input_delay, and set_output_delay timing constraints to improve design performance. Perform static timing analysis before and after implementation to validate the performance results.

Online Training


Datum
02 mei 2017 - 05 mei 2017

Locatie
Online
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Prijs
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18 Xilinx Training Credits

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