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How To set up Vivado on MacOS

rscasny

I had someone contact me about the need to set up Vivado on a Mac. I don't get this question very often. I don't think it's directly supported.

If you have set it up on a Mac, I'd be interested in getting your comments/experiences to pass onto him.

Thanks.

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  • A separate laptop as mentioned above or even a separate small server (e.g. Intel NUC) can be really handy. I run anything that I cannot run on my laptop (or don't want to run on my laptop) on the separate Intel NUC and remotely connect to it (e.g. SSH for command line, or Remote Desktop for graphical apps). It is possible to use a free copy of VMware ESXi to have many virtual machines on the Intel NUC, and switch them on/off remotely, saving resources/energy/space, great for home use. Info on that is on the VMware website, and performance impact of ESXi is low. The Intel NUC is a very tiny box (just a few times the size of a Pi), but there are other small PC options too.

    I've not tried it, but another option is Vivado on Amazon Web Services (AWS), since Xilinx offers that. The cost is $0.55 per hour currently (just need to remember to shut it down afterwards : )

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  • A separate laptop as mentioned above or even a separate small server (e.g. Intel NUC) can be really handy. I run anything that I cannot run on my laptop (or don't want to run on my laptop) on the separate Intel NUC and remotely connect to it (e.g. SSH for command line, or Remote Desktop for graphical apps). It is possible to use a free copy of VMware ESXi to have many virtual machines on the Intel NUC, and switch them on/off remotely, saving resources/energy/space, great for home use. Info on that is on the VMware website, and performance impact of ESXi is low. The Intel NUC is a very tiny box (just a few times the size of a Pi), but there are other small PC options too.

    I've not tried it, but another option is Vivado on Amazon Web Services (AWS), since Xilinx offers that. The cost is $0.55 per hour currently (just need to remember to shut it down afterwards : )

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