Using FPGA

Developing on the APF FPGA

1. Starting Up with FPGA All you need to know to play with the Armadeus FPGA.	Design Tools Description of tools used to simulate, to synthesize, and to download/configure FGPA. ISE WebPack (Xilinx's free devt tool) installation How to setup the FPGA toolchain in Ubuntu/Debian How to simulate post synthesis and post place & route design with GHDL
2. Make some examples These examples give the basis to make VHDL design for FPGA. LED Complete example with button and led on wishbone bus communication and Linux drivers	Using ARMadeus FPGA Manage the FGPA from ARMadeus distribution. Configure the FPGA from Linux Configure the FPGA from U-Boot Update the U-Boot FPGA firmware from Linux Access the FPGA address domain from Linux Ho! No FPGA-reset button on armadeus card.
3. Automatize FPGA design making Peripherals On Demand For complex projects, POD should be used to simplify design.	VHDL VHDL coding styles & externals documentations Nice ideas/examples to look at www.opencores.org An Introductory VHDL Tutorial
	Links Some useful links. Wishbone official Wishbone specifications Wikipedia Wishbone doc Spartan Spartan-3 FPGA Family Data Sheet Orchestra Orchestra website Orchestra project page