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ARTY: The $99 Artix-7 FPGA eval kit
I just got the news about the new ARTY $99 FPGA evaluation kit being released and I thought it was worth a mention. At the $99 price point and with the Arduino shield connector, they’ll attract a lot...
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Using AXI Ethernet Subsystem and GMII-to-RGMII in a Multi-port Ethernet design
Tutorial Overview In this two-part tutorial, we’re going to create a multi-port Ethernet design in Vivado 2015.4 using both the GMII-to-RGMII and AXI Ethernet Subsystem IP cores. We’ll then test the...
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FPGA Network tap: Designing the Ethernet pass-through
When designing a network tap on an FPGA, the logical place to start is the pass-through between two Ethernet ports. In this article, I’ll discuss a convenient way to connect two Ethernet ports at the...
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PicoZed Unboxing
I recently got myself a PicoZed 7Z030 SoM (system-on-module) so that I could start developing more resource intensive applications for the Ethernet FMC, such as network tapping and network latency...
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Running a lwIP Echo Server on a Multi-port Ethernet design
Tutorial Overview This tutorial is the follow-up to Using AXI Ethernet Subsystem and GMII-to-RGMII in a Multi-port Ethernet design. In this part of the tutorial we will generate the bitstream, export...
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QuickPlay reinvents FPGA design
Since their invention, FPGAs have been burdened by a problem that has held them back from more widespread adoption: they’re too hard to program. Xilinx knows this, which is why they spent hundreds of...
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Unboxing Samsung V-NAND SSD 950 Pro M.2 NVM Express
Very excited to be showing off my new Samsung SSD 950 in the M.2 form factor. This tiny solid-state drive has a PCI Express Gen3 x 4-lane interface for a more direct connection to the CPU which enables...
View ArticleFPGA accelerators to get a standard software interface
Rick Merritt wrote an interesting article on EETimes titled Red Hat Drives FPGAs, ARM Servers. It seems that Red Hat and the major FPGA vendors are going to get together in March to work out a standard...
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Xilinx reveals Virtex Ultrascale Board for PCI Express applications
Xilinx just released a video presenting the next-generation of All Programmable devices and dev environments. It’s a quick look at where technology is going and particularly where FPGAs are going to...
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ZynqBoard: The World’s Smallest Zynq SoM
Almost a year ago I did a comparison of Zynq SoMs, or System-on-Modules, these handy little Zynq-based devices that speed up your product development by taking the risk out of your PCB design and...
View ArticleA first peek at FPGA Drive
With the first prototypes on the way, it’s time to take a closer look at what exactly FPGA Drive is and how it can help you to develop new disruptive technologies with FPGAs and SSDs. Here’s what you...
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FPGA Drive Board Bring-up
Bring-up of the first FPGA Drive with the Kintex-7 KC705 Evaluation board went nice and smoothly today. In the photo below you’ll see the KC705 and FPGA Drive adapter which is loaded with a Samsung...
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Microblaze PCI Express Root Complex design in Vivado
This is the first part of a three part tutorial series in which we will go through the steps to create a PCI Express Root Complex design in Vivado, with the goal of being able to connect a PCIe...
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Zynq PCI Express Root Complex design in Vivado
This is the second part of a three part tutorial series in which we will create a PCI Express Root Complex design in Vivado with the goal of connecting a PCIe NVMe solid-state drive to our FPGA. Part...
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Connecting an SSD to an FPGA running PetaLinux
This is the final part of a three part tutorial series on creating a PCI Express Root Complex design in Vivado and connecting a PCIe NVMe solid-state drive to an FPGA. Part 1: Microblaze PCI Express...
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Multi-port Ethernet in PetaLinux
Many FPGA-based embedded designs require connections to multiple Ethernet devices such as IP cameras, and control of those devices under an operating system, typically Linux. The development of such...
View ArticleAvnet releases PicoZed FMC Carrier Card V2
For those of you who were interested in running my recent tutorials about connecting a PCIe SSD to the Zynq (Zynq PCI Express Root Complex design in Vivado and Connecting an SSD to an FPGA running...
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FMC for Connecting an SSD to an FPGA
Here’s a first look at the FMC version of the FPGA Drive product, featured with the Samsung VNAND 950 Pro SSD. The FMC version can carry M-keyed M.2 modules for PCI Express and is designed to support...
View ArticleBreakout the Zynq Ultrascale+ GEMs with Ethernet FMC
Did you know that the Zynq Ultrascale+ has 4 built-in Gigabit Ethernet MACs (GEMs)? That makes it awesome for Ethernet applications which is why I’ve just developed and shared an example design for...
View ArticleBye bye Platform Cable USB II, Hello JTAG HS3
Now that I think about it, I’ve been using my Xilinx Platform Cable USB II for 10 years now!!! That’s a terrific run in my opinion, I got it in a kit for the Virtex-5 ML505 board in 2006 and I would...
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