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Related Source Repository: https://github.com/fpganow/vivado_scm Xilinx Vivado does not come with built-in source control.  If you are a Visual Studio user, or a IntelliJ IDEA or eclipse user, you may be familiar with using some sort of IDE-related source code control. Vivado has a different paradigm for source control: Export commands to re-generate the project as … Read more

So my workflow is as follows: Create IP in NI LabVIEW FPGA Export via FPGA IP Export Tool Creates a VHDL wrapper (.vhd) Places IP in Design Checkpoint (.dcp) file Open my Vivado Block Design Use or update the VHDL wrapper that uses the Design Checkpoint Synthesis, Implementation, and Run The NI LabVIEW FPGA IP … Read more

I got something working – with live hardware plugged in to my network. I used the larger version of the Arty Artix-7 board, which cost $250 USD, and made my own custom reader for the LabVIEW FPGA Network library.  I did not implement network writing features, nor do anything with the payload.  Nevertheless, this is … Read more

So I am dealing with the following scenarios: Scenario 1 – Genesys Zynq with SYZYGY SFP I have the Genesys Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC 3EG board that does not provide direct access to the PHY pins, but has a SYZYGY port that I have plugged in to the SZG-DUALSFP module with an SFP connector. Scenario 2 … Read more

Here is the new plan: Step 1 – Create a design using a MicroBlaze processing system, enable a UART connection and listen on an AXI FIFO and dump packets to the screen as they are received in chunks of X bytes. Step 2 – Insert some LabVIEW FPGA code to send one packet of data … Read more

I no longer have to look into figuring out how to code up or wire up the SZG-DUALSFP daughter board to the Digilent Genesys Zynq UltraScale MPSoC+ board. Why? Because I have a really old board that cost only $99 dollars that gives me direct access to the pins of an old 10/100 MBit PHY! … Read more

So I spent some time to rebuild the out-of-box demo for the Genesys Zynq UltraScale MPSoC+ board.  Not everything worked for me right away, so I made this post to include all the things I did to get it to work.: My system: Windows 10 Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Ubuntu 18.04 (<= Ubuntu 20 … Read more

I went to the Opal Kelly website again and noticed that there are a lot of menu options that I previously did not notice at the top menu. I found a sample board that uses their SZG-DUALSFP board: XEM7320 So now I can read the documentation for this board and be on my way! I … Read more

So I have the Genesys Zynq UltraScale + MPSoC board, I bought the SZG-DUALSFP from Opel Kelly, and I want to figure out how to wire this thing up. What pin goes where? I dunno.  I spent some time reading the SFP+ specification.  Everything makes sense.  Then I read through the SYZYGY specification.  Again, things … Read more

After my previous post showing how to use the NI LabVIEW FPGA IP Export Utility to run LabVIEW FPGA code on a Zynqberry (http://fpganow.com/index.php/2020/09/28/zynqberry-with-breakout-board-and-labview/), I continued following the examples I could find on the internet and was able to connect to the board by using the PS (Processing System) built-int UART, and to communicate to … Read more