The Arty A7-100TArty A7-100T contains a Xilinx XC7A100T FPGA which is the largest FPGA available for the Arty A7Arty A7 and is ideal for deployment of softcore processors. These processors can be either proprietary or open-source. One of the most popular open source processors is the RISC-V.
This tutorial covers building a RISC-V processor, specifically the SiFive Freedom E310 and steps through the process of loading the Freedom E310 onto an Arty A7, and programming it using the Arduino IDE.
Topics include:
Getting Started
Building the RISC-V
Programming the Hardware
Generating Software
What do you need for this project:
- Arty A7-100TArty A7-100T
- Olimex ARM-USB-TINY-H USB Programmer
- Vivado 2017.1 – Webpack Edition
- Arduino Development Environment
- 10 Flying leads to connect between the programmer and one of the Arty's Pmod connectors, which is connected to the JTAG Test Access Port of the processor
- A Linux development or virtual machine is needed to compile the processor, generate the bitstream and upload applications to the processor.
Walk through the tutorial and create your RISC-V based application.
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