Learning FPGA Development

Get a basic introduction to electronics programming with field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs): customizable circuits that can be updated after they are deployed in the field.

Introduction

• Get your digital design journey started
• What you should know

1. Field Programmable Gate Arrays

• What is an FPGA?
• FPGAs are not microcontrollers
• FPGA applications and market
• Inside an FPGA: Logic blocks
• Inside an FPGA: Interconnects
• Other blocks

2. Embedded Development Process

• FPGA development process overview
• FPGA families and development boards
• Electronic design automation tools
• Xilinx platform
• Intel platform

3. Hardware Description Languages

• Digital system modeling
• Verilog and VHDL
• Verilog primer
• Simulation
• Combinational logic example
• 4-bit adder simulation example
• Sequential logic simulation example

4. Implementation

• FPGA example implementation requirements
• Demo system for the Intel platform
• Intel implementation demo
• Intel hardware demo
• Demo system for the Xilinx platform
• Xilinx implementation demo
• Xilinx hardware demo

Conclusion

• Next steps