{"id":14442,"date":"2016-06-28T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=14442"},"modified":"2021-06-16T14:08:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:08:57","slug":"setting-up-vivado-with-the-digilent-ip-cores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/setting-up-vivado-with-the-digilent-ip-cores\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up Vivado with the Digilent IP Cores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I have been working on a project<\/a> using the Arty <\/a>and MicroBlaze. The Arty <\/a>has four headers for use with the Digilent\u00a0Pmod line-up<\/a>. As I don’t have much experience with the AXI4 protocol that MicroBlaze uses for peripherals, I looked for a quick way to interface with these headers.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Vivado has the ability to use pre-compiled code. These pieces of code are called IP cores. IP stands for I<\/strong>ntellectual P<\/strong>roperty, and most have a license associated with them. The functionality of the cores range from interface protocols to data processing blocks. Some examples include the Clocking Wizard, for generating a clock without a clock divider, and MicroBlaze, a soft core processor.<\/p>\n

Digilent maintains\u00a0a repository of free-to-use IP<\/a> for Vivado that is helpful when working with a MicroBlaze design.<\/p>\n

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Available IP from Digilent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Included in the Digilent IP cores are\u00a0Pmod<\/a>\u00a0specific cores, as well as some video conversion blocks. Some examples are the PmodALS<\/a>, PmodACL<\/a>, PmodBT2<\/a>, and PmodGPS<\/a>. These all have blocks available in the repository.<\/p>\n

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Some of the Pmods with IP blocks available<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The IP cores\u00a0work for our FPGAs <\/a>and\u00a0can be programmed with Vivado. These include the Arty<\/a>,\u00a0Basys 3<\/a>, and Nexys 4 DDR<\/a> boards.<\/p>\n

For detailed instructions for adding the Digilent IP cores, follow my tutorial on Instructables.com<\/a>\u00a0which goes through adding cores for all new Vivado projects as well as for older projects, step by step. The Instructable goes through adding IP to a single project as well as for all future projects generated by Vivado. It is all done with the power of the Vivado IP Repository Manager.<\/p>\n

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The Vivado IP Repository Manager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For more information about\u00a0our FPGAs and Pmods, visit the store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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