Designing FPGAs Using the Vivado Design Suite 1

FPGA 1 | FPGAVDES1

Course Description

This course offers introductory training on the Vivado® Design Suite and demonstrates the FPGA design flow for those uninitiated to FPGA design.
The course provides experience with:
▪ 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

What's New for 2022.1

 Added new modules:
▪ Introduction to Clocking and Static Timing Analysis (STA)
▪ Setup and Hold Violation Analysis
▪ All labs have been updated to the latest software versions

Level: FPGA 1

Course Duration: 2 days
Price: $1600 or 16 Xilinx Training Credits
Course Part Number: FPGA-VDES1
Who Should Attend?:Digital designers new to FPGA design who need the learn the FPGA design cycle and the major aspects of the Vivado Design Suite.
Registration: Register online in our secure store

Prerequisites

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

Software Tools 

  • Vivado System Edition 2022.1

Hardware

▪ Architecture: UltraScale™ family**
▪ Demo board: Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC ZCU104 board**

** This course focuses on the UltraScale architecture. Check with your local Authorized Training Provider for the specifics of the in-class lab board or other customizations.
After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:
▪ 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 cores to debug a design

Course Outline

Day 1

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}
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}

Day 2

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}

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