This will be the first session of the new class!
Very Important: Please go to http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools.html and download ISE for your operating system!!!! Unallocated Space does not have the Internet bandwidth to support downloading the 6GB install file!
The class slides are here.
We will be covering:
- Introductions
- What are FPGAs
- How are FPGAs structured
- Quick intro to ISE
- Blinky light demo
If you would like to attend, but do not have a Xilinx development board, please E-Mail fpga@unallocatedspace.org. I have 1 Mojo ($30), 1 Basys2 ($50), and 1 Nexys3 ($120) currently spare.
Required Items:
1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait for the install process to complete (it usually takes 15-30 minutes). Check out http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools.html and download the ISE Design Suite for your OS.
2. Some Xilinx Spartan 6 or greater FPGA development board (must be Xilinx!!). We prefer the Mojo or Digilent Nexys3.
3. USB cable for your FPGA dev board.
We have been given ‘academic’ status from Digilent Inc (http://www.digilentinc.com). This means that the instructor can (sometimes) purchase boards from Digilent at the academic price. This discount will only apply to people who are attending the class regularly and is on a case-by-case basis from Digilent.
Since the space runs off of donations, we would like to mention that the recommended donation for this class is $5. It is by no means a requirement! Attendance to the space, and this class, is 100% free to all!
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