Microelectronic Programmable Systems - 7th sem.

undergraduate studies

Author: dr. hab. inż. M. Wójcikowski

Rules for passing the lab:

• It is required to follow the order of exercises!
• Deadline for passing laboratory exercises: at the last classes planned for the group to which the student belongs.

General information:

• A short guide to designing using FPGA
• Selecting the board to program

Laboratory remote implementation:

• Booking an appointment and logging in
• Assessment rules - remote implementation
• Remote work with FPGA systems
• Remote reset via JTAG

Lab No.	Title	Points	Description
Intro Lab	Procesor Picoblaze	3+3+3	Controlling the LED display using the Picoblaze processor.
Lab 1	Simple Hardware Design	5	Generation of the system in the basic version without hardware blocks supporting the 7-segment LED display and DIP switches.
Lab 2	Writing basic software application	5	Writing simple software in the SDK.
Lab 3	Adding custom hardware block	5	Adding a block written in VHDL (using IPIF) and connecting it to a 7-segment LED display.
Lab 4	Advanced Software Writing	5	Add an interrupt controller and write a simple interrupt handler using the interrupt signal from the timer. Writing a program in C to flash the LEDs.
Lab 5	HW/SW System Debug	5	Insertion of the ChipScope logic analyzer and analysis of the system with a debugger connected to the Chipscope.
Lab 6	Programmable Microelectronic System on Zynq	6	Creation of a programmable microelectronic system using an ARM processor. Comparison of systems using Microblaze (soft-processor) and ARM (hard processor).
Lab 7	Arbitrary project using a Microblaze processor	10	As part of the exercise, you should make your own project using the Microblaze processor. To get the highest score, write non-trivial C software and create your own IP-core in VHDL / Verilog.

Additional informations:

• Short instructions on FPGA design (Vivado)
• Nexys A7™ FPGA Board Reference Manual 
• Schematic diagram of Digilent Nexys A7 board 
• Shortened description of Picoblaze 3 (password: lab_pico)