How to setup UART connection with Matlab

Hi,

I am doing my Master thesis related to cryptography. I have written my design in VHDL in ISE. My design will take key(64bit) from external source (e.g via UART through Matlab), runs the encryption and return the output to Matlab via UART. The problem is I don't know how to configure UART of Zedboard Zynq 7000 development board with matlab, I am new to this. I only worked in ISE so I don't know if I have to use XPS or SDK or anything else for this? Can anyone help and tell me where to start to establish a connection between board and Matlab and which Xilinx tool to use? Waiting anxiously for guidance. Thanks a lot.

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Also, I want to add: i dont need the ARM processor of zedboard here (I think). I am not sure if we can bypass the processor and directly work with FPGA and Matlab via UART. If someone knows, then kindly tell how to work directly communicate with FPGA only.
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0 mbrown over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

Hello,

I would recommend having a look at our ZedBoard tutorial "Basic Vivado IPI Design", found on the ZedBoard tutorials page.

It gives an example of connecting buttons and LEDs as PL peripherals to the PS7 ARM core via AXI-Lite GPIO connection. The design also includes a UART terminal application which may help you create a design that communicates with Matlab's serial port function.

/Matt
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0 Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to mbrown

Thanks for the reply. I "ll try that and share my experience.
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0 Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to mbrown

is there any documentation for it? Because what I came to know is ,it is not a tutorial, just a reference design. So there is no documentation
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