Prototyping Flow

Chipyard supports FPGA prototyping for local FPGAs supported by fpga-shells. This includes popular FPGAs such as the AMD/Xilinx VCU118 and ZCU104, and the Digilent Arty A7-35T/A7-100T, Genesys 2, and Nexys Video boards.

Note

While fpga-shells provides harnesses for other FPGA development boards such as the AMD/Xilinx VC707 and some MicroSemi PolarFire, only harnesses for the AMD/Xilinx VCU118 and ZCU104, and Digilent Arty A7-35T/A7-100T, Genesys 2, and Nexys Video boards are currently supported in Chipyard. However, the available examples demonstrate how a user may implement support for other harnesses provided by fpga-shells.

Prototyping Flow:

• General Setup and Usage
  • Sources
  • Generating a Bitstream
  • Debugging with ILAs on Supported FPGAs
• Running a Design on VCU118
  • Basic VCU118 Design
  • Brief Implementation Description + More Complicated Designs
  • Running Linux on VCU118 Designs
• Running a Design on ZCU104
  • Basic ZCU104 Design
  • Running Linux on ZCU104 Designs
  • UART-TSI No-DDR Design
• Running a Design on Arty
  • Arty100T Instructions
  • Arty35T Legacy Instructions
  • Brief Implementation Description and Guidance for Adding/Changing Xilinx Collateral
• Running a Design on Genesys 2
  • Genesys 2 Instructions
• Running a Design on Nexys Video
  • Nexys Video Instructions