/products/roadtest/b/blog/posts/basys3-roadtest-sisc-2The first step in my Road Test of the Digilent BASYS3 was to download the Vivado software from Xilinx. My first post ended with me waiting for it to download. I somehow think that web sites and me just do not go together as it turned out that I downlen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/products/roadtest/b/blog/posts/basys3-roadtest-sisc-2Fri, 25 May 2018 01:47:24 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:813ce632-fa51-4fd6-a95f-5792e11931b4dougw0<p>Interesting objective - your write-up takes me back to when I was learning to design microprocessors and assembly languages (without VHDL).</p><p>Back then there were all sorts of weird designs being implemented. I once worked on a 25 bit computer that dedicated 3 bits&nbsp; to oppcodes. Of the 8 possible instructions, 3 were NOOPs.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4870&AppID=14&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/products/roadtest/b/blog/posts/basys3-roadtest-sisc-2Thu, 24 May 2018 21:37:05 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:813ce632-fa51-4fd6-a95f-5792e11931b4genebren0<p>Nice update on your process to roadtest this product.&nbsp; Downloading large images and/or updates to my computer scares me like nothing else.&nbsp; I have had problem after problem and wasted days with unpredictable results from installing software, so I can understand your concerns with dealing with websites.&nbsp; Early versions of the Xilinx ISE Webpack were so dependent the version of Internet Explorer that almost anything I downloaded would break my toolset. After my last computer crashed, I have been very careful with what I choose to download.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good luck moving through your roadtest and enjoy your wine!</p><p>Gene</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4870&AppID=14&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">