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Cora Z7 Basic I/O Demo
Description
This project is a Vivado demo using the Cora Z7's RGB LED's and pushbuttons, written in Verilog.
- When programmed onto the board, the RGB LEDs will cycle from Blue to Green to Red to off
- As long as one of the two buttons is pushed, the corresponding RGB LED will be turned off
Inventory
- Cora Z7 with a MicroUSB Programming Cable
- Vivado installation compatible with the latest release of this demo (2020.1)
- See Installing Vivado, Vitis, and Digilent Board Files for installation instructions.
Download and Usage Instructions
First and foremost, releases - consisting of a set of files for download - are only compatible with a specific version of the Xilinx tools, as specified in the name of the release (referred to as a release tag). In addition, releases are only compatible with the specified variant of the board. For example, a release tagged “20/DMA/2020.1” for the Zybo Z7 is only to be used with the -20 variant of the board and Vivado 2020.1.
The latest release version for this demo is highlighted in green.
Note: Releases for FPGA demos from before 2020.1 used a different git structure, and used a different release tag naming scheme.
Board Variant | Release Tag | Release Downloads | Setup Instructions |
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Cora Z7-07S | 07S/Basic-IO/2020.1-1 | Release ZIP Downloads | See Using the Latest Release, below |
Cora Z7-10 | 10/Basic-IO/2020.1-1 | Release ZIP Downloads | See Using the Latest Release, below |
Cora Z7-07S | v2018.2-1 | Release ZIP downloads | v2018.2-1 Github README |
Cora Z7-10 | v2018.2-1 | Release ZIP downloads | v2018.2-1 Github README |
Cora Z7-07S | 2017.4-1 | Release ZIP downloads | 2017.4-1 Github README |
Cora Z7-10 | 2017.4-1 | Release ZIP downloads | 2017.4-1 Github README |
Note for Advanced Users: All demos for the Cora Z7 are provided through the Cora-Z7 repository on Github. Further documentation on the structure of this repository can be found on this wiki's Digilent FPGA Demo Git Repositories (Redirect) page.
Instructions on the use of the latest release can be found in this dropdown:
- Using the Latest Release
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This page has been moved, the new location is Using a Digilent FPGA Github Demo's Releases (2020.1).
- Set up the Cora Z7
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Plug the Cora Z7 into the computer via the microUSB programming cable.
This page has been moved, the new location is Using a Digilent FPGA Github Demo's Releases (2020.1).At this point, the demo is now running on your board. Refer to the Description and Functionality sections of this document for more information on what it does.
Functionality
1. RGB LEDs
2. Pushbuttons
Additional Resources
All materials related to the use of the Cora Z7 can be found on its Resource Center.
For a walkthrough of the process of creating a simple HDL project in Vivado, see Getting Started with Vivado for Hardware-Only Designs (Redirect). Information on important parts of the GUI, and indirect discussion of the steps required to modify, rebuild, and run this demo in hardware can also be found here.
For technical support, please visit the FPGA section of the Digilent Forum.