TCL/TK Graphical Display Driven By A VHDL Test Bench
An example TCK/TK graphical display driven by VHDL such that as signals change, the display reflects the new values.
FPGA
Getting Started with FPGA and VHDL
I've been asked a few times how one gets started with FPGA design? Here are a few notes on the tools you can download for free and the existing websites that already cater for teaching VHDL.
FPGA
Verification of Clock Domain Crossing Topologies
There are too many ways in which it is possible to mess up clock domain crossings in digital electronics. This post explores Xilinx's report_cdc TCL command and how well it recognises some of the risks you may have missed.
VHDL
Working With AXI Streaming Data
Beyond using Xilinx IP cores to work with AXI streaming data, one will always need to eventually write custom VHDL code. I've personally found working with AXI awkward and so I've put together some techniques.
FPGA
Verification of Clock Domain Crossing Timing Constraints and Exceptions
Applying timing exceptions for synchronising registers when crossing clock domains, and verifying the exceptions have been correctly applied and others have not been missed.
VHDL
Radix-n Fast Fourier Transforms (Part 3)
FFTs are generally defined recursively, so how hard can it be to write a recursive VHDL implementation of an FFT that can scale to any number of inputs for any chosen radix?
VHDL
Radix-n Fast Fourier Transforms (Part 2)
FFTs are generally defined recursively, so how hard can it be to write a recursive VHDL implementation of an FFT that can scale to any number of inputs for any chosen radix?
VHDL
Radix-n Fast Fourier Transforms (Part 1)
FFTs are generally defined recursively, so how hard can it be to write a recursive VHDL implementation of an FFT that can scale to any number of inputs for any chosen radix?
VHDL
Compiling VHDL For The Missing Fixed And Floating Point Libraries
VHDL-2008 has added types sfixed, ufixed and float for fixed and floating point arithmetic, but you may struggle to use them with older tools. Here's how to fix that.
