Arty Microblaze Base System Design

This Vivado IP Integrator project implements a Microblaze system with cores that communicate with all of the peripherals on the Arty. This design can be used as a catch all hardware design for most Microblaze applications using ARTY.

• Arty FPGA board
• Micro-USB cable

• Vivado Design Suite 2016.4
  • Newer versions can be used, but the procedure may vary slightly
  • Xilinx SDK 2016.4 must be included in the installation
• Digilent Board Support Files for Vivado
  • Follow theVivado Board Files for Digilent 7-Series FPGA Boardsguide on how to install Board Support Files for Vivado.

Arty Support Repository –ZIPGIT Repo

1.1) Download the project repo zip file which can be downloadedhere。一旦你有了道nloaded the project, unzip it in the location of your choosing.

1.2) If you want to generate the project in Vivado, continue to step 2. If you want to move straight to Xilinx SDK, skip to step 5.

2.1) If not already installed, install the Vivado Board Files for the Arty by following this guide:Installing Vivado Board Files for Digilent Boards。

2.2) Generate thebsdproject in the Projects folder by following this guide before continuing:How to Generate a Project from Digilent's Github。

3.1) ClickGenerate Bitstreamon the left hand menu towards the bottom. Vivado will run through both Run Synthesis and Run Implementation before it generates the bitstream automatically.

Note: If you want, you can click each step by itself in the order ofRun Synthesis,Run Implementationand thenGenerate Bitstream。

4.1) Export the microblaze project by going toFile>Export>Export Hardware。Click the check box to Include the bitstream, and export it local to project. This will create a .sdk folder in your project directory. Afterwards, clickFile>Launch SDK。Both the exported location and workspace should be left as . Click “OK” to launch Xilinx SDK.

4.2) Skip to step 6.

5.1) Open up Xilinx SDK and create a workspace where your project will be saved.

6.1) In your project Explorer window on the left side, clickFile>Import, then under the general folder, select Existing projects. (Or just clickImport Projecton the main screen).

6.2) Navigate to where you saved the downloaded project, select thesdkfolder, and click OK. In theImportwindow, click Finish to import the system hardware wrapper.

6.3) Import the projects by clickingFinish。You can ignore the warnings that may pop up.

7.1) ClickXilinx Tools>Program FPGAand clickProgram。Xilinx SDK will then program the FPGA with a microblaze bit file.

8.1) Right click on thedemofolder and clickRun as>Launch on Hardware(GDB)。The microblaze program will be programmed onto your Nexys Video.

This portion will help you run the demo and observe all its features.

9.1) ObserveLEDBlink

The demo is running a simple blink on LED5. This behaves much like the arduino sketch blink.