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MicroZed Chronicles: A Blast from the Past!
Modern FPGA devices really spoil us. They include PLLs, DCM, DSP etc. and a range of interfaces that significantly ease our developments....
Jun 23, 20214 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Designing in DDR to your FPGA
Over the last two months, I have had several clients approach me for help regarding DDR3 / DDR3L interfaces that they have connected to...
Jun 16, 20213 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Estimating FPGA Development Times
As a consultant, correctly estimating the time it will take to develop an FPGA or module can mean the difference between making a profit...
Jun 10, 20213 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Multi-Gigabit Transceivers
One aspect of FPGA design that we haven’t really examined is multi-gigabit transceivers (MGT). These transceivers are available in many...
Jun 2, 20215 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: RFSoC Studio
One of the most common requests I get via my consultancy is about the RFSoC and how its capabilities can be leveraged. If you haven’t...
May 19, 20212 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Custom Board Design? What if something doesn’t work?
A couple of weeks ago I was working to bring up the sensors connected to the I2C and SPI interfaces on the custom SensorsThink Smart...
May 5, 20213 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Working with PYNQ Register Maps
I use PYNQ a lot and one of the things I have been meaning to blog about is how it interacts with hardware. Whether it’s a custom overlay...
Apr 28, 20212 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Having Fun with the Basys3 Artix-7 FPGA Development Board
I recently hosted two webinars for Crowd Supply on how to create a fun, breakout Pong-type game on the Basys3 board. The class was not...
Apr 14, 20213 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Smart Sensor IOT Board Getting USB Up and Running
The smart sensor IOT board we developed contains several interfaces that really require the use of an operating system to get them up...
Apr 2, 20213 min read
Electronic Engineering Guide - A 57 Page Guide
A simple engineering guide which covers Electronic Design Flow Capacitor and Resistor Selection Grounding Power Distribution Thermal...
Mar 26, 20211 min read
SensorsThink Smart Sensor IoT Board Schematic
SensorsThink Smart Sensor IoT Board If you have been following along my latest blog posts on Configuring Zynq and Validating Memory for...
Mar 12, 20211 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Using Analysis View in Vitis and Vivado
One of the most useful views available in both Vivado HLS and Vitis HLS is the analysis view.
Nov 18, 20203 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Free Virtual Workshops On-Demand
This past summer, I was lucky to present several detailed virtual workshops on Vivado, PYNQ, Vitis, and more. They are available on-demand.
Nov 12, 20203 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: AXI Stream Verification IP
The AXI Stream VIP is extremely useful when we want to generate signal and image processing IP that use AXI Stream for interfacing.
Nov 5, 20203 min read
Using SLX FPGA in Vitis bottom up flow
Last year, I examined SLX FPGA and used it to optimize IP Cores for implementation in Vivado looking at security and industrial algorithms.
Oct 19, 20204 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: A look at the new Trenz TE0802
I recently received the new Trenz TE0802 development board, designed and manufactured by Digilent partner Trenz Electronic.
Oct 8, 20203 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Vivado Simulator Interface – Using C Test Benches on HDL
For complex algorithms, it is often a good idea to first create a model which defines the algorithm’s behavior.
Sep 30, 20204 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: Introduction to RTL Simulation and XSIM
No matter how captured (RTL, HLS, Model Driven), all programmable logic designs should start with agreed requirements that define the...
Sep 23, 20204 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: RTL Design Verification Techniques
So, before we look in more detail at Vivado XSIM, let’s first understand the entire verification landscape and what we are trying to achieve
Sep 17, 20203 min read
MicroZed Chronicles: UltraFast Design Methodologies
Using Xilinx UltraFast design methodologies can offer significant benefits when implementing designs.
Sep 9, 20203 min read
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