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"Like no training you’ve seen before"
This is a one-day, high-intensity, introductory training on FOUR of the hottest Xilinx topics.
Four 100 minutes sessions encompassing TCL, Vivado™, HLS, Strategies and Zynq™.
Xilinx for Managers
Hosted by the president of Bottom Line Technologies, this roundtable style course was created to meet the needs of managers who find themselves in charge of FPGA-based projects even though they have little or dated FPGA design experience.
Recognizing and mitigating risk, understanding the factors that can shrink or balloon schedules, and knowing how to deal with or, better, avoid problems are all covered.
After hands-on exposure to Xilinx's silicon and software, and a networking lunch, the focus shifts to best practices and approaches to FPGA design. We wrap up by addressing the personnel and project management challenges common to FPGA-based project development.
Build an effective FPGA design using synchronous design techniques, instantiate appropriate device resources, use proper HDL coding techniques, make good pin assignments, set basic XDC timing constraints, and use the Vivado™ Design Suite to build, synthesize, implement, and download a design.
Vivado Design Suite Tool Flow
This course provides the overall context and framework for the development cycle of FPGAs. For those uninitiated to FPGA design, this course will arm you with the proper planning techniques, strategy, and FPGA tool flow to get up and designing an FPGA design now.
Vivado Design Suite for ISE Software Project Navigator Users
This course offers introductory training on the Vivado™ Design Suite. This course is for experienced ISE® software users who want to take full advantage of the Vivado Design Suite feature set. Learn about the Vivado Design Suite projects, design flow, Xilinx design constraints, and basic timing reports.
Vivado Design Suite Static Timing Analysis and Xilinx Design Constraints
This course offers detailed training on the Vivado™ software tool flow, Xilinx design constraints (XDC), and static timing analysis (STA). Learn to use good FPGA design practices and all FPGA resources to advantage. Learn to fully and appropriately constrain your design by using industry-standard XDC constraints. Learn how the the Vivado IDE design database is structured and learn to traverse the design. Create appropriate timing reports to perform full STA and how to appropriately synthesize your design.
Designing for Performance
Attending the Designing for Performance class will help you create more efficient designs. This course can help you fit your design into a smaller FPGA or a lower speed grade for reducing system costs. In addition, by mastering the tools and the design methodologies presented in this course, you will be able to create your design faster, shorten your development time, and lower development costs.
Vivado Design Suite Advanced XDC and Static Timing Analysis for ISE Software Users
This course will update experienced ISE® software users to utilize the Vivado™ Design Suite. Learn the underlying database and static timing analysis (STA) mechanisms. Utilize Tcl for navigating the design, creating Xilinx design constraints (XDC), and creating timing reports. Learn to make appropriate timing constraints for SDR, DDR, source-synchronous, and system-synchronous interfaces for your FPGA design.
Essential Design with the PlanAhead Analysis and Design Tool
Learn to increase design performance and achieve repeatable results by using the PlanAhead™ software. Topics include: a product overview, synthesis and project tips, design analysis, creating a floorplan, improving performance, experimenting with implementation options, incremental methodology, block-based IP design, and I/O pin assignment.
Advanced Design with the PlanAhead Analysis and Design Tool
Learn to increase design performance and achieve repeatable performance by using the PlanAhead software tool. Topics include: synthesis and project tips, design analysis, creating a floorplan, improving performance with area constraints and Pblocks, design debugging with the ChipScope™ Pro tool, and design preservation with partitions.
Advanced Tools and Techniques of the Vivado Design Suite
This course tackles the most sophisticated aspects of the Vivado™ Design Suite and Xilinx hardware. Learn to utilize advanced static timing analysis and apply timing constraints for source-synchronous and system-synchronous interfaces. Utilize floorplanning techniques to improve design performance and use Tcl scripting in both the project-based and non-project batch design flows.
Advanced FPGA Implementation
Advanced FPGA Implementation tackles the most sophisticated aspects of the ISE design suite and Xilinx hardware. Labs provide hands-on experience in this two-day training and cover the Xilinx Synthesis Technology (XST) tools. This course requires the Essentials of FPGA Design and Designing for Performance courses as prerequisites. An intermediate knowledge of Verilog or VHDL is strongly recommended as is at least six months of design experience with Xilinx tools and FPGAs. The lecture material in this course covers the ISE tools and 7 series FPGAs
Debugging Techniques Using the ChipScope Pro Tools
As FPGA designs become increasingly more complex, designers continue look to reduce design and debug time. The powerful, yet easy-to-use ChipScope Pro tool solution helps minimize the amount of time required for verification and debug. This two-day course will not only introduce you to the cores and tools and illustrate how to use the triggers effectively, but also show you effective ways to debug logic and high-speed designs—thereby decreasing your overall design development time.
Xilinx Partial Reconfiguration Tools and Techniques
This course demonstrates how to use the ISE, PlanAhead, and Embedded Development Kit (EDK) software tools to construct, implement, and download a Partially Reconfigurable (PR) FPGA design. You will gain a firm understanding of PR technology and learn how successful PR designs are completed. You will also identify best design practices and understand the subtleties of the PR design flow.
Designing with the Xilinx Agile Mixed Signal Solution
This course introduces the Xilinx Agile Mixed Signal (AMS) solution and the appropriate tools and techniques for hardware engineers and analog engineers to utilize this solution. The complete front-to-back design flow is covered, including the evaluation of the Xilinx Analog-to-Digital Converter (XADC) block utilizing the KC705 board and the evaluator add-on card, the various ways to include the XADC in your design, XADC simulation of an analog input, viewing the digital output, and implementation.
FPGA Power Optimization
Attending the FPGA Power Optimization class will help you create a more power efficient FPGA design. This course can help you fit your design into a smaller FPGA, reduce your FPGA’s power consumption, or run your FPGA at a lower temperature.
FPGA Design Techniques for Lower Cost
This course appeals to engineers who have an interest in developing low-cost products, particularly in high-volume markets. The course and exercises cover several different design techniques, which will be interesting and challenging for any digital designer regardless of the final application.
Designing with the 7 Series Families
Are you interested in learning how to effectively utilize 7 series architectural resources? This course supports both experienced and less experienced FPGA designers who have already completed the Essentials of FPGA Design course. This course focuses on understanding as well as how to properly design for the primary resources found in this popular device family.
Designing with the Virtex-5 FPGA Family
Interested in learning how to effectively utilize Virtex-5 FPGA architectural resources? Targeted towards experienced Xilinx users who have already completed Essentials of FPGA Design and Designing for Performance, this course focuses on understanding as well as designing into several of the new and enhanced resources found in our newest device.
Designing with the Spartan-6 and Virtex-6 Families
Are you interested in learning how to effectively utilize Spartan-6 FPGA or Virtex-6 FPGA architectural resources? This course supports both experienced and less experienced FPGA designers who have already completed the Essentials of FPGA Design course. This course focuses on understanding as well as how to properly design for the primary resources found in these popular device families.
ISE Design Tool Flow
ISE Design Tool Flow provides the overall context and framework for the development cycle of FPGAs. For those uninitiated to FPGA design, this course will arm you with the proper planning techniques, strategy, and FPGA tool flow to get up and designing an FPGA design now.
Learn how to use basic Tcl syntax and language structures to build scripts suitable for use with Xilinx FPGA design tools. Learn about the effective use of variables, data types, and Tcl constructs to build effective conditional statements and loop controls. You will also have the opportunity to use Tcl language constructs with several labs designed to provide you scripting experience within the Vivado™ Design Suite.
C-based Design: High-Level Synthesis with Vivado HLS
The course provides a thorough introduction to Vivado™ HLS (high-level synthesis). This course covers synthesis strategies, features, improving throughput, area, interface creation, latency, testbench coding, and coding tips. Utilize Vivado HLS to optimize code for high-speed performance in an embedded environment and download for in-circuit validation.
Designing with VHDL
This comprehensive course is a thorough introduction to the VHDL language. The emphasis is on writing solid synthesizable code and enough simulation code to write a viable testbench. Structural, Register Transfer Level (RTL), and behavioral coding styles are covered. This class addresses targeting Xilinx devices specifically and FPGA devices in general. The information gained can be applied to any digital design by using a top-down synthesis design approach. You will also learn best coding practices that will increase your overall VHDL proficiency and prepare you for the Advanced VHDL course.
Advanced VHDL
Increase your VHDL proficiency by learning advanced techniques that help you write more robust and reusable code. This comprehensive course is targeted toward designers who already have some experience with VHDL. The course highlights modeling, testbenches, RTL/synthesizable design, and techniques aimed at creating parameterizable and reusable designs. The majority of class time is spent in challenging hands-on labs as compared to lecture modules.
Designing with Verilog
This comprehensive course is a thorough introduction to the Verilog language. The emphasis is on writing Register Transfer Level (RTL) and behavioral source code. This class addresses targeting Xilinx devices specifically and FPGA devices in general. The information gained can be applied to any digital design by using a top-down synthesis design approach. This course combines insightful lectures with practical lab exercises to reinforce key concepts. You will also learn advanced coding techniques that will increase your overall Verilog proficiency and enhance your FPGA optimization. This course covers Verilog 1995 and 2001.
Learn how to employ GTP and GTX serial transceivers in your 7 series FPGA design. Understand and utilize the features of the serial transceiver blocks, such as 8B/10B and 64B/66B encoding, channel bonding, clock correction, and comma detection. Additional topics include use of the Architecture Wizard, synthesis and implementation considerations, board design as it relates to the transceivers, and test and debugging. This course combines lectures with practical hands-on labs.
Designing a LogiCORE PCI Express System
Attending the Designing a LogiCORE PCI Express System will provide you a working knowledge of how to implement a Xilinx PCI Express core in your applications. This course focuses on the implementation of a Xilinx PCI Express system within the Connectivity Targeted Reference Design (TRD). With this experience, you can improve your time to market with your PCIe core design. Various Xilinx PCI Express core products will be enumerated to aid you in selecting the proper solution. This course focuses on the AXI streaming interconnect.
Designing with Ethernet MAC Controllers
Become acquainted with the various solutions that Xilinx offers for Ethernet connectivity. Learn the basics of the Ethernet standard, protocol, and OSI model while applying Xilinx solutions via hands-on laboratory exercises. Perform simulation to understand fundamental principles and obtain the knowledge to assess hardware design considerations and software development requirements.
How to Design a High-Speed Memory Interface
This course teaches hardware designers who are new to high-speed memory I/O to design a memory interface in Xilinx FPGAs. It introduces designers to the basic concepts of high-speed memory I/O design, implementation, and debugging using 7 series FPGAs. Additionally, you will learn about the tools available for high-speed memory interface design, implementation, and debugging.
Signal Integrity and Board Design for Xilinx FPGAs
Learn when and how to apply signal integrity techniques to high-speed interfaces between Xilinx FPGAs and other components. This comprehensive course combines design technique and methodology with relevant background concepts of high-speed bus and clock design, including transmission line termination, loading, and jitter.
PCIe Protocol Overview
This course focuses on the fundamentals of the PCI Express® protocol specification. The typical PCIe® architecture, including data space, data movement, and the most commonly used Transaction Layer Packets (TLPs) are covered. Interrupts and error handling are also discussed. Implementation issues are covered in the two-day Designing a LogiCORE PCI Express System course.
This course provides a foundation for Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques for Xilinx FPGAs. The course begins with a refresher of basic binary number theory, mathematics, and the essential features within the FPGA that are important to signal processing. The body of the course explores a variety of filter techniques with emphasis on optimal implementation in Xilinx devices and continues with an examination of FFTs, video, and image processing.
DSP Design Using System Generator
This course allows you to explore the System Generator tool and to gain the expertise you need to develop advanced, low-cost Digital Signal Processing designs. This intermediate course in implementing DSP functions focuses on learning how to use System Generator for DSP, design implementation tools, and hardware co-simulation verification.
Learn what makes microprocessors tick! This class offers insights into all major aspects of microprocessors, from registers through coprocessors and everything in between. Differences between RISC and CISC architectures are explored as well as the concept of interrupts. A generic microprocessor is programmed and run in simulation to reinforce the principles learned in the lecture modules. The student will leave the class well prepared for the Xilinx Zynq training curriculum.
Zynq All Programmable SoC System Architecture
The Xilinx Zynq™ All Programmable System on a Chip (SoC) provides a new level of system design capabilities. This course provides experienced system architects with the knowledge to effectively architect a Zynq All Programmable SoC.
Embedded Systems Design
Xilinx FPGAs provide a new level of system design capabilities through soft MicroBlaze processors, hard PowerPC® processors, AXI interconnect, and silicon-efficient architectural resources. This course brings experienced FPGA designers up to speed on developing embedded systems using the Embedded Development Kit (EDK). The features and capabilities of the Xilinx MicroBlaze soft processor are also included in the lectures and labs. The hands-on labs provide experience with the development, debugging, and simulation of an embedded system.
Advanced Features and Techniques of Embedded Systems Design
Advanced Features and Techniques of Embedded Systems Design provides embedded systems developers the necessary skills to develop complex embedded systems and enables them to improve their designs by using the tools available in the Embedded Development Kit (EDK). This course also helps developers understand and utilize advanced components of embedded systems design for architecting a complex system in the Zynq™ All Programmable System on a Chip (SoC) or Microblaze™ soft processor.
Embedded Design with PetaLinux SDK
This intermediate-level, two-day course provides embedded systems developers with experience in creating an embedded PetaLinux SDK operating system on a Xilinx MicroBlaze processor development board. The course offers students hands-on experience on building the environment and booting the system using a basic, single-processor System on Chip (SoC) design with PetaLinux SDK on the MicroBlaze processor.
Embedded Systems Software Design
This two-day course introduces you to software design and development for the Xilinx Zynq™ All Programmable System on a Chip (SoC) using the Xilinx Software Development Kit (SDK). You will learn the concepts, tools, and techniques required for the software phase of the design cycle.
Advanced Features and Techniques of Embedded Systems Software Design
This course will help software engineers fully utilize the components available in the Zynq™ All Programmable SoC processing system (PS). This course covers advanced Zynq All Programmable SoC topics for the software engineer, including advanced boot methodology, the NEON co-processor, programming PS system-level function control registers, the general interrupt controller, the DMA, Ethernet, and USB controllers, and the various low-speed peripherals included in the Zynq processing system.
C Language Programming with SDK
This course is broken into a day of C language review, including variable naming, usage, and modifiers as well as an introduction to the Software Development Kit (SDK) environment, an explanation of the use of the preprocessors, program control, and proper use of functions. The second day consists of common issues and techniques employed by embedded programmers in the Xilinx SDK environment.
This comprehensive course provides you with an introduction to designing with Xilinx CPLDs by using the ISE series software tools. You will learn the basics of ISE software flow and how to interpret CPLD reports for optimum performance designs. This course covers ISE features such as the Constraints Editor and PACE.
Designing for Performance for CPLDs
Designing for Performance for CPLDs is an intermediate-level course that provides a comprehensive overview of the CPLD software flow. By applying the techniques presented in this course, you will be able to enhance design performance and make the best possible use of Xilinx CPLD architectures.
Xilinx Training Courses
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All Programmable Training Expo"Like no training you’ve seen before"
This is a one-day, high-intensity, introductory training on FOUR of the hottest Xilinx topics.
Four 100 minutes sessions encompassing TCL, Vivado™, HLS, Strategies and Zynq™.
Xilinx for Managers
Hosted by the president of Bottom Line Technologies, this roundtable style course was created to meet the needs of managers who find themselves in charge of FPGA-based projects even though they have little or dated FPGA design experience.
Recognizing and mitigating risk, understanding the factors that can shrink or balloon schedules, and knowing how to deal with or, better, avoid problems are all covered.
After hands-on exposure to Xilinx's silicon and software, and a networking lunch, the focus shifts to best practices and approaches to FPGA design. We wrap up by addressing the personnel and project management challenges common to FPGA-based project development.
FPGA Design Courses
Essentials of FPGA DesignBuild an effective FPGA design using synchronous design techniques, instantiate appropriate device resources, use proper HDL coding techniques, make good pin assignments, set basic XDC timing constraints, and use the Vivado™ Design Suite to build, synthesize, implement, and download a design.
Vivado Design Suite Tool Flow
This course provides the overall context and framework for the development cycle of FPGAs. For those uninitiated to FPGA design, this course will arm you with the proper planning techniques, strategy, and FPGA tool flow to get up and designing an FPGA design now.
Vivado Design Suite for ISE Software Project Navigator Users
This course offers introductory training on the Vivado™ Design Suite. This course is for experienced ISE® software users who want to take full advantage of the Vivado Design Suite feature set. Learn about the Vivado Design Suite projects, design flow, Xilinx design constraints, and basic timing reports.
Vivado Design Suite Static Timing Analysis and Xilinx Design Constraints
This course offers detailed training on the Vivado™ software tool flow, Xilinx design constraints (XDC), and static timing analysis (STA). Learn to use good FPGA design practices and all FPGA resources to advantage. Learn to fully and appropriately constrain your design by using industry-standard XDC constraints. Learn how the the Vivado IDE design database is structured and learn to traverse the design. Create appropriate timing reports to perform full STA and how to appropriately synthesize your design.
Designing for Performance
Attending the Designing for Performance class will help you create more efficient designs. This course can help you fit your design into a smaller FPGA or a lower speed grade for reducing system costs. In addition, by mastering the tools and the design methodologies presented in this course, you will be able to create your design faster, shorten your development time, and lower development costs.
Vivado Design Suite Advanced XDC and Static Timing Analysis for ISE Software Users
This course will update experienced ISE® software users to utilize the Vivado™ Design Suite. Learn the underlying database and static timing analysis (STA) mechanisms. Utilize Tcl for navigating the design, creating Xilinx design constraints (XDC), and creating timing reports. Learn to make appropriate timing constraints for SDR, DDR, source-synchronous, and system-synchronous interfaces for your FPGA design.
Essential Design with the PlanAhead Analysis and Design Tool
Learn to increase design performance and achieve repeatable results by using the PlanAhead™ software. Topics include: a product overview, synthesis and project tips, design analysis, creating a floorplan, improving performance, experimenting with implementation options, incremental methodology, block-based IP design, and I/O pin assignment.
Advanced Design with the PlanAhead Analysis and Design Tool
Learn to increase design performance and achieve repeatable performance by using the PlanAhead software tool. Topics include: synthesis and project tips, design analysis, creating a floorplan, improving performance with area constraints and Pblocks, design debugging with the ChipScope™ Pro tool, and design preservation with partitions.
Advanced Tools and Techniques of the Vivado Design Suite
This course tackles the most sophisticated aspects of the Vivado™ Design Suite and Xilinx hardware. Learn to utilize advanced static timing analysis and apply timing constraints for source-synchronous and system-synchronous interfaces. Utilize floorplanning techniques to improve design performance and use Tcl scripting in both the project-based and non-project batch design flows.
Advanced FPGA Implementation
Advanced FPGA Implementation tackles the most sophisticated aspects of the ISE design suite and Xilinx hardware. Labs provide hands-on experience in this two-day training and cover the Xilinx Synthesis Technology (XST) tools. This course requires the Essentials of FPGA Design and Designing for Performance courses as prerequisites. An intermediate knowledge of Verilog or VHDL is strongly recommended as is at least six months of design experience with Xilinx tools and FPGAs. The lecture material in this course covers the ISE tools and 7 series FPGAs
Debugging Techniques Using the ChipScope Pro Tools
As FPGA designs become increasingly more complex, designers continue look to reduce design and debug time. The powerful, yet easy-to-use ChipScope Pro tool solution helps minimize the amount of time required for verification and debug. This two-day course will not only introduce you to the cores and tools and illustrate how to use the triggers effectively, but also show you effective ways to debug logic and high-speed designs—thereby decreasing your overall design development time.
Xilinx Partial Reconfiguration Tools and Techniques
This course demonstrates how to use the ISE, PlanAhead, and Embedded Development Kit (EDK) software tools to construct, implement, and download a Partially Reconfigurable (PR) FPGA design. You will gain a firm understanding of PR technology and learn how successful PR designs are completed. You will also identify best design practices and understand the subtleties of the PR design flow.
Designing with the Xilinx Agile Mixed Signal Solution
This course introduces the Xilinx Agile Mixed Signal (AMS) solution and the appropriate tools and techniques for hardware engineers and analog engineers to utilize this solution. The complete front-to-back design flow is covered, including the evaluation of the Xilinx Analog-to-Digital Converter (XADC) block utilizing the KC705 board and the evaluator add-on card, the various ways to include the XADC in your design, XADC simulation of an analog input, viewing the digital output, and implementation.
FPGA Power Optimization
Attending the FPGA Power Optimization class will help you create a more power efficient FPGA design. This course can help you fit your design into a smaller FPGA, reduce your FPGA’s power consumption, or run your FPGA at a lower temperature.
FPGA Design Techniques for Lower Cost
This course appeals to engineers who have an interest in developing low-cost products, particularly in high-volume markets. The course and exercises cover several different design techniques, which will be interesting and challenging for any digital designer regardless of the final application.
Designing with the 7 Series Families
Are you interested in learning how to effectively utilize 7 series architectural resources? This course supports both experienced and less experienced FPGA designers who have already completed the Essentials of FPGA Design course. This course focuses on understanding as well as how to properly design for the primary resources found in this popular device family.
Designing with the Virtex-5 FPGA Family
Interested in learning how to effectively utilize Virtex-5 FPGA architectural resources? Targeted towards experienced Xilinx users who have already completed Essentials of FPGA Design and Designing for Performance, this course focuses on understanding as well as designing into several of the new and enhanced resources found in our newest device.
Designing with the Spartan-6 and Virtex-6 Families
Are you interested in learning how to effectively utilize Spartan-6 FPGA or Virtex-6 FPGA architectural resources? This course supports both experienced and less experienced FPGA designers who have already completed the Essentials of FPGA Design course. This course focuses on understanding as well as how to properly design for the primary resources found in these popular device families.
ISE Design Tool Flow
ISE Design Tool Flow provides the overall context and framework for the development cycle of FPGAs. For those uninitiated to FPGA design, this course will arm you with the proper planning techniques, strategy, and FPGA tool flow to get up and designing an FPGA design now.
Languages
Essential Tcl Scripting for the Vivado Design SuiteLearn how to use basic Tcl syntax and language structures to build scripts suitable for use with Xilinx FPGA design tools. Learn about the effective use of variables, data types, and Tcl constructs to build effective conditional statements and loop controls. You will also have the opportunity to use Tcl language constructs with several labs designed to provide you scripting experience within the Vivado™ Design Suite.
C-based Design: High-Level Synthesis with Vivado HLS
The course provides a thorough introduction to Vivado™ HLS (high-level synthesis). This course covers synthesis strategies, features, improving throughput, area, interface creation, latency, testbench coding, and coding tips. Utilize Vivado HLS to optimize code for high-speed performance in an embedded environment and download for in-circuit validation.
Designing with VHDL
This comprehensive course is a thorough introduction to the VHDL language. The emphasis is on writing solid synthesizable code and enough simulation code to write a viable testbench. Structural, Register Transfer Level (RTL), and behavioral coding styles are covered. This class addresses targeting Xilinx devices specifically and FPGA devices in general. The information gained can be applied to any digital design by using a top-down synthesis design approach. You will also learn best coding practices that will increase your overall VHDL proficiency and prepare you for the Advanced VHDL course.
Advanced VHDL
Increase your VHDL proficiency by learning advanced techniques that help you write more robust and reusable code. This comprehensive course is targeted toward designers who already have some experience with VHDL. The course highlights modeling, testbenches, RTL/synthesizable design, and techniques aimed at creating parameterizable and reusable designs. The majority of class time is spent in challenging hands-on labs as compared to lecture modules.
Designing with Verilog
This comprehensive course is a thorough introduction to the Verilog language. The emphasis is on writing Register Transfer Level (RTL) and behavioral source code. This class addresses targeting Xilinx devices specifically and FPGA devices in general. The information gained can be applied to any digital design by using a top-down synthesis design approach. This course combines insightful lectures with practical lab exercises to reinforce key concepts. You will also learn advanced coding techniques that will increase your overall Verilog proficiency and enhance your FPGA optimization. This course covers Verilog 1995 and 2001.
Connectivity Design Courses
Designing with Multi-Gigabit Serial I/OLearn how to employ GTP and GTX serial transceivers in your 7 series FPGA design. Understand and utilize the features of the serial transceiver blocks, such as 8B/10B and 64B/66B encoding, channel bonding, clock correction, and comma detection. Additional topics include use of the Architecture Wizard, synthesis and implementation considerations, board design as it relates to the transceivers, and test and debugging. This course combines lectures with practical hands-on labs.
Designing a LogiCORE PCI Express System
Attending the Designing a LogiCORE PCI Express System will provide you a working knowledge of how to implement a Xilinx PCI Express core in your applications. This course focuses on the implementation of a Xilinx PCI Express system within the Connectivity Targeted Reference Design (TRD). With this experience, you can improve your time to market with your PCIe core design. Various Xilinx PCI Express core products will be enumerated to aid you in selecting the proper solution. This course focuses on the AXI streaming interconnect.
Designing with Ethernet MAC Controllers
Become acquainted with the various solutions that Xilinx offers for Ethernet connectivity. Learn the basics of the Ethernet standard, protocol, and OSI model while applying Xilinx solutions via hands-on laboratory exercises. Perform simulation to understand fundamental principles and obtain the knowledge to assess hardware design considerations and software development requirements.
How to Design a High-Speed Memory Interface
This course teaches hardware designers who are new to high-speed memory I/O to design a memory interface in Xilinx FPGAs. It introduces designers to the basic concepts of high-speed memory I/O design, implementation, and debugging using 7 series FPGAs. Additionally, you will learn about the tools available for high-speed memory interface design, implementation, and debugging.
Signal Integrity and Board Design for Xilinx FPGAs
Learn when and how to apply signal integrity techniques to high-speed interfaces between Xilinx FPGAs and other components. This comprehensive course combines design technique and methodology with relevant background concepts of high-speed bus and clock design, including transmission line termination, loading, and jitter.
PCIe Protocol Overview
This course focuses on the fundamentals of the PCI Express® protocol specification. The typical PCIe® architecture, including data space, data movement, and the most commonly used Transaction Layer Packets (TLPs) are covered. Interrupts and error handling are also discussed. Implementation issues are covered in the two-day Designing a LogiCORE PCI Express System course.
DSP Design Courses
Essential DSP Implementation Techniques for Xilinx FPGAsThis course provides a foundation for Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques for Xilinx FPGAs. The course begins with a refresher of basic binary number theory, mathematics, and the essential features within the FPGA that are important to signal processing. The body of the course explores a variety of filter techniques with emphasis on optimal implementation in Xilinx devices and continues with an examination of FFTs, video, and image processing.
DSP Design Using System Generator
This course allows you to explore the System Generator tool and to gain the expertise you need to develop advanced, low-cost Digital Signal Processing designs. This intermediate course in implementing DSP functions focuses on learning how to use System Generator for DSP, design implementation tools, and hardware co-simulation verification.
Embedded Design Courses
Essentials of MicroprocessorsLearn what makes microprocessors tick! This class offers insights into all major aspects of microprocessors, from registers through coprocessors and everything in between. Differences between RISC and CISC architectures are explored as well as the concept of interrupts. A generic microprocessor is programmed and run in simulation to reinforce the principles learned in the lecture modules. The student will leave the class well prepared for the Xilinx Zynq training curriculum.
Zynq All Programmable SoC System Architecture
The Xilinx Zynq™ All Programmable System on a Chip (SoC) provides a new level of system design capabilities. This course provides experienced system architects with the knowledge to effectively architect a Zynq All Programmable SoC.
Embedded Systems Design
Xilinx FPGAs provide a new level of system design capabilities through soft MicroBlaze processors, hard PowerPC® processors, AXI interconnect, and silicon-efficient architectural resources. This course brings experienced FPGA designers up to speed on developing embedded systems using the Embedded Development Kit (EDK). The features and capabilities of the Xilinx MicroBlaze soft processor are also included in the lectures and labs. The hands-on labs provide experience with the development, debugging, and simulation of an embedded system.
Advanced Features and Techniques of Embedded Systems Design
Advanced Features and Techniques of Embedded Systems Design provides embedded systems developers the necessary skills to develop complex embedded systems and enables them to improve their designs by using the tools available in the Embedded Development Kit (EDK). This course also helps developers understand and utilize advanced components of embedded systems design for architecting a complex system in the Zynq™ All Programmable System on a Chip (SoC) or Microblaze™ soft processor.
Embedded Design with PetaLinux SDK
This intermediate-level, two-day course provides embedded systems developers with experience in creating an embedded PetaLinux SDK operating system on a Xilinx MicroBlaze processor development board. The course offers students hands-on experience on building the environment and booting the system using a basic, single-processor System on Chip (SoC) design with PetaLinux SDK on the MicroBlaze processor.
Embedded Systems Software Design
This two-day course introduces you to software design and development for the Xilinx Zynq™ All Programmable System on a Chip (SoC) using the Xilinx Software Development Kit (SDK). You will learn the concepts, tools, and techniques required for the software phase of the design cycle.
Advanced Features and Techniques of Embedded Systems Software Design
This course will help software engineers fully utilize the components available in the Zynq™ All Programmable SoC processing system (PS). This course covers advanced Zynq All Programmable SoC topics for the software engineer, including advanced boot methodology, the NEON co-processor, programming PS system-level function control registers, the general interrupt controller, the DMA, Ethernet, and USB controllers, and the various low-speed peripherals included in the Zynq processing system.
C Language Programming with SDK
This course is broken into a day of C language review, including variable naming, usage, and modifiers as well as an introduction to the Software Development Kit (SDK) environment, an explanation of the use of the preprocessors, program control, and proper use of functions. The second day consists of common issues and techniques employed by embedded programmers in the Xilinx SDK environment.
CPLD Design Courses
Fundamentals of CPLD DesignThis comprehensive course provides you with an introduction to designing with Xilinx CPLDs by using the ISE series software tools. You will learn the basics of ISE software flow and how to interpret CPLD reports for optimum performance designs. This course covers ISE features such as the Constraints Editor and PACE.
Designing for Performance for CPLDs
Designing for Performance for CPLDs is an intermediate-level course that provides a comprehensive overview of the CPLD software flow. By applying the techniques presented in this course, you will be able to enhance design performance and make the best possible use of Xilinx CPLD architectures.