FPGA Workshop

Role: Instructor.
Institute: Chosun University, South Korea.
Offered in: November 03, 2010.

About:

Three hours hands-on workshop on FPGA which gives students a quick push to start developing applications on FPGAs. The workshop targeted Xilinx XUP V5 platform. The design workflow can be used to program any other platform.

The workshop was attended by ~10 graduate students, researchers and a faculty member. The workshop material can be downloaded from the link given below.

Brief overview of the contents covered

• Introduction to Programmable Logic
• Categories of Logic Devices
• Types of Logic Devices
• Comparison between CPLDs and FPGAs
• Evolution of CAD Tools and HDLs
• Selection of suitable HDL
• Understanding FPGA design flow with practical example
• Practical experiment on digital designing
• Understanding Stimulus (or testbench)
• Hands-on CAD tool for design, compilation and verification
• Hands-on CAD tools for Synthesizing, I/O Planning, Implementation and Programming the target device