Designing FPGAs Using the Vivado Design Suite 1

• Creating a Vivado Design Suite project with source files
• Simulating a design
• Performing pin assignments
• Applying basic timing constraints
• Synthesizing and implementing
• Debugging a design
• Generating and downloading a bitstream onto a demo board

Who Should Attend?

Prerequisites

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

Skills gained

• Use the New Project Wizard to create a new Vivado IDE project
• Describe the supported design flows of the Vivado IDE
• Generate a DRC report to detect and fix design issues early in the flow
• Use the Vivado IDE I/O Planning layout to perform pin assignments
• Synthesize and implement the HDL design
• Apply clock and I/O timing constraints and perform timing analysis
• Describe the "baselining" process to gain timing closure on a design
• Use the Schematic and Hierarchy viewers to analyze and cross-probe a design
• Use the Vivado logic analyzer and debug flows to debug a design

Course Outline

• Xilinx Device Architectures
• Introduction to FPGA Architecture, 3D ICs, SoCs, ACAPs – Overview of FPGA architecture, SSI technology, and SoC device architecture.{Lecture}
• UltraFast Design Methodology
• UltraFast Design Methodology: Board and Device Planning – Introduces the methodology guidelines covered in this course and the UltraFast Design Methodology checklist.{Lecture, Demo}
• HDL Techniques
• HDL Coding Techniques – Covers basic digital coding guidelines used in an FPGA design.{Lecture}
• Vivado Tool Flow
• Introduction to Vivado Design Flows – Introduces the Vivado design flows: the project flow and non-project batch flow.{Lecture}
• Vivado Design Suite Project-based Flow – Introduces the project-based flow in the Vivado Design Suite: creating a project, adding files to the project, exploring the Vivado IDE, and simulating the design. {Lecture, Lab}
• Design Analysis
• Basic Design Analysis in the Vivado IDE – Use the various design analysis features in the Vivado Design Suite.{Lab, Demo}
• Vivado Design Rule Checks – Run a DRC report on the elaborated design to detect design issues early in the flow. Fix the DRC violations.{Lab}
• Introduction to Vivado Reports - Generate and use Vivado timing reports to analyze failed timing paths. {Lecture, Demo}
• Simulation
• Behavioral Simulation - Describes the process of behavioral simulation and the simulation options available in the Vivado® IDE. {Lecture}
• Power
• Xilinx Power Estimator Spreadsheet – Estimate the amount of resources and default activity rates for a design and evaluate the estimated power calculated by XPE.{Lecture, Lab}
• Power Estimation Using the XPE Tool for Versal ACAPs - Describe how to use the Xilinx Power Estimator (XPE) spreadsheet tool for the Versal™ ACAP architecture {Lab}
• Synthesis and Implementation
• Vivado Synthesis and Implementation – Create timing constraints according to the design scenario and synthesize and implement the design. Optionally, generate and download the bitstream to the demo board.{Lecture, Lab}
• Vivado IP Catalog
• Vivado IP Flow – Customize IP, instantiate IP, and verify the hierarchy of your design IP.{Lecture, Demo, Lab}
• Pin Planning
• Vivado Design Suite I/O Pin Planning – Use the I/O Pin Planning layout to perform pin assignments in a design.{Lecture, Lab}
• Timing – Basics
• Introduction to Clock Constraints – Apply clock constraints and perform timing analysis.{Lecture, Demo, Lab}
• Generated Clocks – Use the report clock networks report to determine if there are any generated clocks in a design.{Lecture, Demo}
• I/O Constraints and Virtual Clocks – Apply I/O constraints and perform timing analysis.{Lecture, Lab}
• Timing Constraints Wizard – Use the Timing Constraints Wizard to apply missing timing constraints in a design.{Lecture, Lab}
• Basics of Clock Gating and Static Timing Analysis - Describes the basics of clock gating and static timing analysis. {Lecture}
• Calculating Setup and Hold Timing - Reviews setup and hold timing calculations. {Lecture}
• Configuration
• Introduction to FPGA Configuration – Describes how FPGAs can be configured.{Lecture}
• Debugging
• Introduction to the Vivado Logic Analyzer – Overview of the Vivado logic analyzer for debugging a design.{Lecture, Demo}
• Introduction to Triggering – Introduces the trigger capabilities of the Vivado logic analyzer.{Lecture}
• Debug Cores – Understand how the debug hub core is used to connect debug cores in a design.{Lecture}
• Tcl
• Introduction to the Tcl Environment – Introduces Tcl (tool command language).{Lecture, Lab}
• Tcl Syntax and Structure – Understand the Tcl syntax and structure.{Lecture}
• Using Tcl Commands in the Vivado Design Suite Project Flow – Explains what Tcl commands are executed in a Vivado Design Suite project flow.{Lecture, Demo}