EE108A: Digital Systems I Autumn 2009

EEClass

Resources

Final Project

• UCF File - This has all the I/O pins on the board (all the switches and buttons and LEDs), if you choose to use more I/O than we used in Lab 5. You may need to look up the documentation on the Digilent web site for the LEDs on the expansion board.
• Final Project Song ROM Generator - A student provided an updated version of the Song ROM worksheet for use in the final project.

Documentation

• Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGA Manual
• Xilinx XUP Reference Manual
• XSA Board
• BRAM Usage Instructions
• ChipScope ICON/VIO/ILA Tutorial

ModelSim Installation

Click here for the ModelSim installation instructions. We recommend you install ModelSim before Xilinx, so the Xilinx installer can pick up the ModelSim path during library installation.

Xilinx Installation

Click here for the Xilinx installation instructions.

SciTE Text Editor

The SciTE text editor has a small footprint and has (arguably) a better interface than the ModelSim embedded editor. You can download a customized version of it here:

• SciTE for Verilog

It's probably best to unzip it to your network share so you can use it from any computer in the lab.

Other text editors with good Verilog support:

• jEdit (good support out of the box; requires Java)
• Emacs (if verilog-mode is installed)