Xilinx - Vivado FPGA Essentials
(This course is based on "Designing FPGAs Using the Vivado Design Suite" training developed by Xilinx)
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Course Description
This course will enable you to:
- build an effective FPGA design using synchronous design techniques
- understand the configuration process
- instantiate appropriate device resources
- use proper HDL coding techniques
- make good pin assignments
- set basic XDC constraints using the Timing Constraints Wizard
- use the Vivado Design Suite to build, synthesize, implement, and download a design.
Training Duration
1 dayWho Should Attend?
- Digital designers who have a working knowledge of an HDL (VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog) and who are new to Xilinx FPGAs.
- Existing Xilinx ISE users who have little or no knowledge of 7-Series or UltraScale devices.
Prerequisites
- Working HDL knowledge (VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog)
- Digital design experience
Software Tools
- Vivado HL Design or System Edition 2017.1
Hardware
- Architecture: 7 series FPGAs
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 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.)
- Make basic timing constraints using the Timing Constraints Wizard
- 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
Each topic is taught using either a lecture, a demo, or a lab, or a combination of these. The labs comprise approximately 50% of class time, and are based around carefully designed exercises to reinforce and challenge the extent of learning.
- Introduction to FPGA Architecture, 3D IC, SoC
- Overview of FPGA architecture, SSI technology, and SoC device architecture.
- HDL Coding Techniques
- Covers basic digital coding guidelines used in an FPGA design.
- Vivado Design Suite Project Mode
- Create a project, add files to the project, explore the Vivado IDE, and simulate the design.
- Synthesis and Implementation
- Create timing constraints according to the design scenario and synthesize and implement the design
- Clocking Resources
- Describes various clock resources, clocking layout, and routing in a design.
- Timing Constraints Wizard
- Use the Timing Constraints Wizard to apply missing timing constraints in a design.
- I/O Logic Resources
- Overview of I/O resources and the IOB property for timing closure.
- Vivado Design Suite I/O Pin Planning
- Use the I/O Pin Planning layout to perform pin assignments in a design.
- Introduction to Vivado Reports
- Generate and use Vivado timing reports to analyze failed timing paths.
- Introduction to FPGA Configuration
- Describes how FPGAs can be configured.
- Configuration Process
- Understand the FPGA configuration process, such as device power up, CRC check, etc.
- 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.
- Pipelining
- Use pipelining to improve design performance.
Appendix
- Timing Simulation
- Simulate the design post-implementation to verify that a design works properly on hardware.
- Configuration Modes
- Understand various configuration modes and select the suitable mode for a design.
- Xilinx Power Estimator Spreadsheet
- Estimate the amount of resources and default activity rates for a design and evaluate the estimated power calculated by XPE.
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