https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461<p style="margin:0;"><em>Flexible, cost-optimized embedded designs with Xilinx FPGAs – Super Easy or difficult?</em></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>To participate <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://www.xilinx.com/support/download.html" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">download Vivado 2020.1</a> and the attached lab book below!   </strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;"><strong>You can view a Q&A of this session here:   <a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/learn/events/b/blog/posts/webinar-briefing-faq-arty-s7-workshop-part-1-learn-about-xilinx-fpgas-and-embedded-processing-is-available-on-demand">Webinar Briefing & FAQ: Arty-S7 Workshop: Part 1: Learn about Xilinx FPGAs and Embedded Processing is Available On-Demand!</a> </strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;"><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">The Spartan-7 FPGA offers the most size, performance, and cost-conscious design engineered with the latest technologies from Xilinx and is fully compatible with Vivado Design Suite versions 2017.3 and newer. Putting this FPGA in the Arty form factor provides users with a wide variety of I/O and expansion options. Use the dual row Arduino® connectors to mount one of the hundreds of hardware compatible shields available, or use the Pmod ports with Digilent's pre-made Pmod IP blocks for a more streamlined design experience. Arty S7 was designed to be MicroBlaze ready and comes out of the box ready to use with the free Xilinx WebPack licensing with the Vivado Design Suite. </span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;"><span style="color:#e23d39;"><strong>Get started building custom microcontroller designs with Xilinx FPGA as it’s easier than ever!</strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;">In this seminar series, we’ll explore how Xilinx FPGAs and SoC’s mitigate common challenges engineers encounter when building embedded designs. You’ll discover Xilinx’s embedded solutions options as well as diverse IP library, including partner IP,  that enables anyone to build a complete and custom embedded solutions.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;">We’ll walk through the steps getting started using Xilinx design tools to build a custom microcontroller from installing the design tools to communicating with an external sensor. And you’ll find out that this is easier than ever and anyone can do this!</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;">Here's a good primer that shows you all the cool things you can do with Arty-S7 board:</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><ul><li><h2><a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/technologies/fpga-group/b/blog/posts/great-starter-board-for-traditional-fpga-design----arty-s7-spartan-7">Great Starter Board for Traditional FPGA Design -- Arty-S7 (Spartan-7)</a></h2></li></ul><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;"><span><a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/500x375/__key/telligent-evolution-extensions-calendar-calendarfiles/00-00-00-00-71/contentimage_5F00_144982.jpg"><img alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/telligent/evolution/extensions/calendar/calendarfiles/00/00/00/00/71/contentimage_144982.jpg-500x375.jpg?sv=2016-05-31&sr=b&sig=lmUf9b6gPNtqWLz4PYzZeVvPjPWCoHdXLmux34hOd0M%3D&se=2026-04-10T23%3A59%3A59Z&sp=r&_=YEWwh+L0mgrcdaWYPaLPwA==" style="max-height: 375px;max-width: 500px;" /></a></span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><h2><span style="color:#3334ca;">Session 1:</span></h2><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;">This is the first part in a 3 part series.  To participate in this as well as the upcoming workshops you will need to purchase the following products online:</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><table border="1" class="jiveBorder mce-item-table" style="border:1px solid #ffffff;width:100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #ffffff;padding:6px;"><span><a 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href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3498884&nsku=77AH9540&COM=noscript" target="_blank">Buy Now</a></span><span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-pfgYVsE4-unlinked">Buy Now</span></span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #ffffff;padding:6px;"><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;"><span><span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-mRKzIDXE-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2726217&nsku=40AH1644&COM=noscript" target="_blank"><span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"></span></a><a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2726217&nsku=40AH1644&COM=noscript" target="_blank">Buy Now</a></span><span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-mRKzIDXE-unlinked">Buy Now</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;"><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;">Dates and Register for Free:</span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><table border="1" class="jiveBorder mce-item-table" style="border:1px solid #c6c6c6;width:100%;"><thead><tr><th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;" valign="middle"><strong>Workshop:</strong></th><th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;" valign="middle"><span style="color:#505050;"><strong>Dates and Time:</strong></span></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;width:50%;padding:6px;"><a name="workshops"></a><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Session 1 - Learn about Xilinx FPGAs and Embedded Processing</strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;">Lecture</p><ul><li>Why Xilinx FPGAs solve common challenges of ASSPs</li><li>Xilinx Product Offering</li><li>Embedded Processing Solutions</li></ul><p style="margin:0;">Lab</p><ul><li>Install Xilinx tools</li></ul></td><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;width:50%;padding:6px;"><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Wednesday, 30th of September 2020</strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;">11:00 CT / 4:00 PM GMT</span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><ul><li><span style="color:#e23d39;"><strong>Register Above for Free!</strong></span></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;width:50%;padding:6px;"><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Session 2 – Building a custom microcontroller in minutes</strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;">Lecture</p><ul><li>How to get started using Xilinx Vivado Design Tools</li><li>Xilinx Example projects jumpstart designs</li></ul><p style="margin:0;">Lab</p><ul><li>Launch processor on Arty-S7 and run Hello World</li></ul></td><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;width:50%;padding:6px;"><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Wednesday, 14th of Oct 2020</strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;">11:00 CT / 4:00 PM GMT</span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><ul><li><strong><a class="jive-link-event" href="https://www.element14.com/community/events/5643/l/arty-s7-workshop-part-2-building-a-custom-microcontroller-in-minutes">Arty-S7 Workshop: Part 2: Building a Custom Microcontroller in Minutes</a></strong></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;width:50%;padding:6px;"><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Session 3 – Rapid Sensor Prototyping with Digilent Peripheral Modules</strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;">Lecture</p><ul><li>How to expand Xilinx IP catalog with 3rd party IP</li><li>Leverage IP to build custom interface w/o writing RTL</li><li>Add prebuilt IP drivers and communicate with sensors</li><li>Lab<ul><li>Run example design with Arty-S7, MicroBlaze, and PmodNAV</li></ul></li></ul></td><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #c6c6c6;width:50%;padding:6px;"><p style="margin:0;"><strong>Wednesday, 28th of Oct 2020</strong></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-family:Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;">11:00 CT / 4:00 PM GMT</span></p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><ul><li><strong><a class="jive-link-event" href="https://www.element14.com/community/events/5644/l/arty-s7-workshop-part-3-rapid-sensor-prototyping-with-digilent-peripheral-modules">Arty-S7 Workshop: Part 3: Rapid Sensor Prototyping with Digilent Peripheral Modules</a></strong></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><h2><span style="color:#3334ca;">Presenter:</span></h2><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"> </p><table border="1" class="jiveBorder mce-item-table" height="326" style="border:1px solid #ffffff;width:100%;height:265px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #ffffff;padding:6px;"><span><a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/169x213/__key/telligent-evolution-extensions-calendar-calendarfiles/00-00-00-00-71/contentimage_5F00_144985.jpg"><img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/telligent/evolution/extensions/calendar/calendarfiles/00/00/00/00/71/contentimage_144985.jpg-169x213.jpg?sv=2016-05-31&sr=b&sig=hogDEUdQn6aSSjLEzdQMvNG7pN4udqu5681OjJ55pAw%3D&se=2026-04-10T23%3A59%3A59Z&sp=r&_=SlB8CXA+KlwiINvHPVa2eA==" style="max-height: 213px;max-width: 169px;" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #ffffff;padding:6px;"><strong>Jayson Bethurem, Product Line Manager:  Spartan, Artix, Zynq-7000, Zynq UltraScale+ at Xilinx</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #ffffff;padding:6px;">Jayson is the Product Line Manager for Xilinx’s Cost-Optimized Portfolio, which includes Spartan, Artix, and Zynq-7000 devices. With over 20 years of Xilinx design, technical support, training, and marketing experience, Jayson leads the design of multiple evaluation boards, such as the Spartan-6LX9 Microboard, Zedboard, and MicroZed.</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="migration-injected-attachments"><div style="font-weight:bold;margin:15px 0 5px 0;">Attachments:</div><div></div><table style="border:0;"><tbody><tr><td width="160"><span class="_se_attachment" id="attid_https://www.element14.com/community/api/core/v3/attachments/307783"><span class="ui-webpreview" data-configuration="url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity-storage.element14.com%2Ftelligent-evolution-extensions-calendar-calendarfiles%2F00%2F00%2F00%2F00%2F71%2FLab%25201.pdf%3Fsv%3D2016-05-31%26amp%3Bsr%3Db%26amp%3Bsig%3D%252BZW05RnzIkVmaz%252FT8STXAEdZAriXM1TbaImHgs5AbP0%253D%26amp%3Bse%3D2021-10-17T23%253A59%253A59Z%26amp%3Bsp%3Dr%26amp%3B_%3DJNqGPR960YH2OLfKRAhUpg%3D%3D"><img loading="lazy" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-imagefileviewer/filetypeimages/pdf.png-15x200.png?_=7grsSdvE9pYU/tGMtWz/9g==" border="0" alt="" style="max-height: 200px;max-width: 15px;" /></span></span></td><td><span style="font-size:80%;">Lab 1.pdf</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:34:24 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5ddf8711-80eb-45c2-ab7e-b0128a77a5c2aminotg<p>This is great, I’ve been wanting some FPGA training for upcoming projects. I want to offload some image processing tasks from the cpu. This will be a great re-introduction to FPGAs and the tools! Thanks Element 14!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Sat, 12 Sep 2020 17:10:29 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:001d5d08-f76e-43da-9e35-9dfa2066938asurbhika<p>Excited to get started with FPGA boards!!!. Thanks guys.!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Sat, 19 Sep 2020 13:32:31 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:4d88dbb3-461d-4ad9-b37f-4a47e6d89ecckb5pgy<p>I have an idea for a follow-on to these workshops. First is interfacing with the pmod SD Card interfaces for logging to an SD card. The second is how to interface with the on-board DDR3L and Quad-SPI Flash memories.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Sun, 20 Sep 2020 07:04:56 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:39a1a31d-f9b3-4a54-8258-1d71f9b79753pavel_47<p>Can <span>Zybo Z7 board be used to follow this workshop ?</span></p><p> </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:24:34 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:05a0618a-9e37-4665-ae03-0d8b3e64a8a7electroaj<p>Can Arty Artix-7 be used for this workshop?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:36:49 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:2eb27d47-84ad-4928-a47b-5162f0cb3f6bsurbhika<p>Hey if anyone could answer that... Would this workshop be any productive if I attend without the board in hand at the moment?..</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Sun, 27 Sep 2020 04:22:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:7ad39112-1442-4b54-b76f-28d2a5fb9a76gordonmx<p>Just out of curiosity is there pre-session prep needed for the first session?  Do we need to install the Xilinx tools/IDE before class?</p><p> </p><p>Regards, Gordon M</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:18:03 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:e6c0b6dc-c4d9-4e33-82c0-59a5b7a942dbsambit1991<p>Any news about board shipments for the Party worship?</p><p>I haven't received my board or any information.</p><p> </p><p>Best Regards</p><p>Sambit</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:31:08 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:7403b51a-ea70-4b4a-bc65-2f8a2f6c4311dhuber<p>Well, this is a bother. I can't install Vivado 2020.1 because the installer doesn't work from my company's network. I've had our IT guy look at it and even he can't do anything. The installer just doesn't allow a connection between us and the download server. Is 2020.1 only installable by using the web installer or is there an executable that will allow me to manually install Vivado and Vitis? If not, I'm hosed from being able to use these tools on a company computer.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:26:48 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:de4fcbca-368c-4f47-ae84-a6edb3ce4932fcalzadas<p>NO entiendo NADA de esto yo se manejar micros pero esto para mi esta en chino</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:22:22 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:0b7354ed-5508-4196-bc10-408a60e4cc4dembeddedguy<p>Anyone has installed FTDI drivers sucessfully on Linux? I am having problems installing drivers</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:09:06 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:7afdfe62-1251-43bc-b328-4e63c8fee802drozwood90<p>Hi there,</p><p> </p><p>I am not sure you need to install drivers.  I've used 3-4 FTDI based systems and never needed to install a driver.  The serial ports just show up under dev as a ttyUSB device.</p><p> </p><p>--Dan</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Sat, 24 Oct 2020 18:41:10 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:2d97d1dd-43a2-4590-961d-98aaa88530c2cwrigley<p>Tried to finish part3. No luck, looks like it's impossible:</p><p> </p><p>Computer A: Win 10 Home 64 bit. Not compatible with Xilinx Software. Runs software OK, but can't upload bit file.</p><p>Computer B: Win 10 Enterprise 64 bit. Ran Part 2 successfully. Uploaded part 3 bit file successfully. Tried to run and got:</p><p>Executables selected for down load on the the following processors doesn't exist or incorrectly specified.</p><p>Do you wish to ignore them and proceed (to waste your time)?</p><p>1.Microblaze_0</p><p>Proceed => nothing...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.element14.com/learn/events/c/e/1461Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:37:05 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fb545826-caf0-49a5-8634-065e33f0d6c6embeddedguy<p>I am in fact also stuck in the second part itself. I followed all the steps and even make a project once again from scratch but no luck. There is a synthesis error while generating a bitstream.</p><p> </p><p>But, I have tried an example project of blinking LED provided by Digilant and that is working fine. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>