A few days ago, I noticed that AMD Xilinx had published a blog stating that 7 series devices would be available beyond 2035. I must admit...

On my journey exploring how Cocotb works on a range of interfaces, this week I am going to look at how we can work with AXI Lite and...

Over the last few weeks, I have been creating a course centered around the Avnet ZUBoard which will be like the MiniZed and Ultra96-V2...

A few weeks ago, we looked at the python-based cocotb framework. In that blog, we looked at a simple memory scrubber created around a XPM...

Ever since the previous overview, I’ve had the Avnet ZUBoard 1CG sitting on my desk. I also just purchased a FLIR C5 thermal imaging...

Verification of both the modules and top-level testing is often more complex and time consuming than creating the HDL. Previously, we’ve...

One of the great things about the BRAM in Xilinx FPGAs is its ability to implement error correcting codes (ECC) on the data stored...

Writing good, portable, reusable HDL code, that enables the synthesized design to implement at the desired frequency can definitely be a...

When I started my design career twenty plus years ago, one of the very simple rules we had for significantly smaller and less flexible...

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned I had invested in MATLAB and HDL Coder to enable generation of RTL code directly from Simulink models....

In early June Avnet announced the ZUBoard 1CG, as a compliment to the Ultra96V2 and MiniZed development boards and UltraZed and PicoZed...

I have recently come across an interesting requirement from a customer that includes driving high-energy systems with a series of pulses...

Last week, after we looked at how we could use the AXI IIC IP with PYNQ, I got a question from a reader asking how we work with...

One of the most widely used embedded protocols for low-speed communication between embedded devices is the I2C. We have a choice about...

Implementing a MicroBlaze processor in a FPGA design is very popular in many applications. The MicroBlaze allows us to handle serial...

One of the critical techniques in an embedded system that enables responsive software is using interrupts. In this series, we have used...

I am very interested in higher levels of abstraction for developing FPGAs and especially algorithms like image processing and control....

One of the great things about FPGAs is their parallel structures and how we can accelerate the algorithms by exploiting the parallel...

Over the last week I noticed a few questions on r/FPGA and from a client on metastability and synchronizing signals coming into the...

One of the projects we are working on now is battery powered and only acts when awakened on a set schedule. This requires the Zynq-7000...