Designing FPGAs Using the Vivado Design Suite 2

FPGA-VDES2

Course Description

Learn how to build a more effective FPGA design:
The focus is on:
▪ Using synchronous design techniques
▪ Utilizing the Vivado® IP integrator to create a sub-system
▪ Employing proper HDL coding techniques to improve design performance
▪ Debugging a design with multiple clock domains
This course builds on the concepts from the Designing FPGAs Using the Vivado Design Suite 1 course.
What's New for 2022.1
▪ Added information on block design referencing
▪ Added new modules:
▪ Block Design Containers in the Vivado IP Integrator
▪ Versal ACAP: Hardware Platform Development Using the
Vivado IP Integrator
▪ Added content on power awareness
▪ All labs have been updated to the latest software versions

Level: FPGA 2

Course Duration: 2 days
Price: $1600 or 16 Xilinx Training Credits
Course Part Number: FPGA-VDES2
Who Should Attend?:Digital designers who have a working knowledge of HDL (VHDL or Verilog) and who are new to Xilinx FPGAs.
Registration: Register online in our secure store

Prerequisites

▪ Intermediate HDL knowledge (Verilog or VHDL)
▪ Digital design knowledge and experience (attendees should be
electrical engineers)
▪ Experience with the basics of the Tcl language
▪ Designing FPGAs Using the Vivado Design Suite 1
(recommended)

Optional Videos

  • Basic HDL Coding Techniques*

Software Tools 

  • Vivado System Edition 2022.1

Hardware

  • Architecture: UltraScale™ family**
  • Demo board (optional): 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:
▪ Identify synchronous design techniques
▪ Build resets into your system for optimum reliability and design speed
▪ Create a Tcl script to create a project, add sources, and implement a design
▪ Describe and use the clock resources in a design
▪ Create and package your own IP and add to the Vivado IP catalog to reuse
▪ Use the Vivado IP integrator to create a block design
▪ Apply timing exception constraints in a design as part of the Baselining procedure to fine tune the design
▪ Describe how power analysis and optimization is performed
▪ Describe the HDL instantiation flow of the Vivado logic analyzer

 Course Outline 2022.1

Day 1

UltraFast Design Methodology
▪ UltraFast Design Methodology: Design Creation
Overview of the methodology guidelines covered in this course. {Lecture}
Design Techniques
Synchronous Design Techniques
Introduces synchronous design techniques used in an FPGA design. {Lecture}
▪ Resets
Investigates the impact of using asynchronous resets in a design. {Lecture, Lab}
▪ Register Duplication
Use register duplication to reduce high fanout nets in a design. {Lecture}
Clocking in the UltraScale Architecture
Clocking Resources
Describes various clock resources, clocking layout, and routing in a design. {Lectures, Lab}
Clocking in the Versal ACAP Architecture
▪ Versal ACAP: Clocking Architecture

Discusses the clocking architecture, clock buffers, clock routing, clock management functions, and clock de-skew. {Lecture, Lab}
I/O in the UltraScale Architecture
▪ I/O Logic Resources

Overview of I/O resources and the IOB property for timing closure. {Lectures}
SelectIO Resources in the Versal ACAP Architecture
▪ SelectIO Resources

Describes the I/O bank, SelectIO™ interface, and I/O delay features. {Lecture}
Clocking and I/O Resources in the Versal ACAP
Describes how to use the Clocking Wizard and Advanced IO Wizard to configure clocking subsystems and I/O subsystems, respectively, in the Versal™ ACAP.{Lab}
IP Integrator
▪ Creating and Packaging Custom IP

Create your own IP and package and include it in the Vivado IP catalog. {Lecture, Lab}
▪ Using an IP Container
Use a core container file as a single file representation for an IP. {Lecture, Demo}
Designing with the IP Integrator
Use the Vivado IP integrator to create the uart_led subsystem.
{Lecture, Demo, Lab, Case Study}

Day 2

Timing – Intermediate
▪ Timing Constraints Editor

Introduces the timing constraints editor tool to create timing constraints. {Lecture}
Report Clock Networks
Use report clock networks to view the primary and generated clocks in a design. {Lecture, Demo}
Timing Summary Report
Use the post-implementation timing summary report to sign-off criteria for timing closure. {Lecture, Demo}
Clock Group Constraints
Apply clock group constraints for asynchronous clock domains. {Lecture, Demo}
▪ Introduction to Timing Exceptions
Introduces timing exception constraints and applying them to fine tune design timing. {Lecture, Demo, Lab}
Power
▪ Power Analysis and Optimization Using the Vivado Design
Suite

Use report power commands to estimate power consumption. {Lecture, Lab}
Configuration
▪ Configuration Process

Understand the FPGA configuration process, such as device power up, CRC check, etc. {Lecture}
Debugging
▪ HDL Instantiation Debug Probing Flow

Covers the HDL instantiation flow to create and instantiate a VIO core and observe its behavior using the Vivado logic analyzer. {Lecture, Lab}
Tcl
▪ Scripting in Vivado Design Suite Project Mode

Explains how to write Tcl commands in the project-based flow for a design. {Lecture, Lab}
Design Analysis Using Tcl Commands
Analyze a design using Tcl commands. {Lecture, Demo, Lab

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