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| - | ===== Option #3: Run Xilinx Software on Lab Machines But Program Locally Using Adept2 (Windows)===== | + | ===== Option #2: Run Xilinx Software on Lab Machines But Program Locally Using Adept2 (Windows)===== |
| You will use the "LabConnect" software from the college to run Vivado on the lab | You will use the "LabConnect" software from the college to run Vivado on the lab | ||
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| - | ===== Option #4: Run Xilinx Software on Lab Machines But Program Board with Mac===== | + | ===== Option #3: Run Xilinx Software on Lab Machines But Program Locally Using openocd (Mac or Linux)===== |
| - | If you have problems with Option #2 you can use this one. It is a hybrid of #2 and #3 and requires a much smaller download. | + | |
| - | This assumes you will use LabConnect as in Option #3. CAEDM does have a LabConnect option - follow the instructions above but do the Mac version of the install. Most everything else is similar. Once you have LabConnect installed you will be able to do Vivado designs on a lab machine in the department. | + | If you have problems with Options #2 or #5 you can use this one. It is a hybrid of #2 and #3 and requires a much smaller download (has the same pros and cons as Option #2). |
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| + | This assumes you will use LabConnect as in Option #2. CAEDM does have a LabConnect option to allow you to work on the BYU lab machines - follow the instructions above but do the Mac version of the install. Most everything else is similar. Once you have LabConnect installed you will be able to do Vivado designs on a lab machine in the department. | ||
| The problem is that once you finish your design, you need a way to get the .bit file onto your local machine to program the board you have. The following instructions show how to set up that step. | The problem is that once you finish your design, you need a way to get the .bit file onto your local machine to program the board you have. The following instructions show how to set up that step. | ||
| - | - Download a small virtual machine from Box [[https://byu.box.com/s/gjluzfvgutbry647s90r017kzskh1a5z|with this link]]. You only want the files whose name starts with "Ubuntu" - there are 3. | + | Now, follow the instructions at: [[https://github.com/byu-cpe/BYU-Computing-Tutorials/wiki/Program-7-Series-FPGA-from-a-Mac-or-Linux-Without-Xilinx]]. It will show you how you can program the board directly from your Mac (or any other machine that will run 'openocd'. |
| - | - As in Option #2 above, install VMWare and import what you downloaded into VMWare. Here [[https://byu.box.com/s/fvvh12slc3h9lmy1d4g828fo55nn630e|is a video]]. (Hit the back button to return after you have watched it). | + | |
| - | - Once the VM boots, you need to run vivado_lab - that is the tool to actually program the board. Here [[https://byu.box.com/s/md5alzeon4vervn2e596x2xbvq1tv4qr|is a video of that]]. | + | |
| - | - Later, you may need to be able to transfer things from your Mac to your Linux VM (like bitstreams if you upload them to your Mac). To do so, here [[https://byu.box.com/s/hocmgtxk2669t541hw7awaif5hd5i97d|is a video on that]]. | + | |
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| - | So, the big picture is this: (a) use LabConnect to do FPGA design on the department lab machines, (b) copy the resulting .bit file from the department machine to your local machine (in the Linux machine), (c) program the .bit file into the FPGA using vivado_lab. | + | |
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| - | ===== Option #5: Run Xilinx Software on Lab Machines But Program Board on either a Mac or Linux Machine Using openocd===== | + | =====Option #4: Run Xilinx Software on Lab Machines But Program Locally Using A Linux VM and Vivado_Labs (Mac)===== |
| - | If you have problems with Options #2 or #5 you can use this one. It is a hybrid of #2 and #3 and requires a much smaller download. | + | |
| - | This assumes you will use LabConnect as in Option #3. CAEDM does have a LabConnect option to allow you to work on the BYU lab machines - follow the instructions above but do the Mac version of the install. Most everything else is similar. Once you have LabConnect installed you will be able to do Vivado designs on a lab machine in the department. | + | This uses LabConnect like Options #2 and #3 but then uses a Linux Virtual Machine containing a stub of Vivado called 'Vivado_Labs' to actually program the board. You would only use this if Option #3 fails for you. It requires a much larger download and is much more complex than above. |
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| + | This assumes you will use LabConnect as in Options #2 and #3. Follow the instructions in Option #2 above but do the Mac version of the install. Most everything else is similar. Once you have LabConnect installed you will be able to do Vivado designs on a lab machine in the department. | ||
| The problem is that once you finish your design, you need a way to get the .bit file onto your local machine to program the board you have. The following instructions show how to set up that step. | The problem is that once you finish your design, you need a way to get the .bit file onto your local machine to program the board you have. The following instructions show how to set up that step. | ||
| - | Now, follow the instructions at: [[https://github.com/byu-cpe/BYU-Computing-Tutorials/wiki/Program-7-Series-FPGA-from-a-Mac-or-Linux-Without-Xilinx]]. It will show you how you can program the board directly from your Mac (or any other machine that will run 'openocd'. | + | - Download a small virtual machine from Box [[https://byu.box.com/s/gjluzfvgutbry647s90r017kzskh1a5z|with this link]]. You only want the files whose name starts with "Ubuntu" - there are 3. |
| + | - As in Option #2 above, install VMWare and import what you downloaded into VMWare. Here [[https://byu.box.com/s/fvvh12slc3h9lmy1d4g828fo55nn630e|is a video]]. (Hit the back button to return after you have watched it). | ||
| + | - Once the VM boots, you need to run vivado_lab - that is the tool to actually program the board. Here [[https://byu.box.com/s/md5alzeon4vervn2e596x2xbvq1tv4qr|is a video of that]]. | ||
| + | - Later, you may need to be able to transfer things from your Mac to your Linux VM (like bitstreams if you upload them to your Mac). To do so, here [[https://byu.box.com/s/hocmgtxk2669t541hw7awaif5hd5i97d|is a video on that]]. | ||
| - | So, the big picture is this: (a) use LabConnect to do FPGA design on the department lab machines, (b) copy the resulting .bit file from the department machine to your local machine (in the Linux machine), (c) program the .bit file into the FPGA using openocd. | + | -------------------- |
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| =====Option #5: Vivado on a Linux Virtual Machine===== | =====Option #5: Vivado on a Linux Virtual Machine===== | ||
| Using the VMWare software, you will boot and run a copy of the Linux operating system | Using the VMWare software, you will boot and run a copy of the Linux operating system | ||
| - | on your own computer. You can run this on either a Windows machine or a Mac, but this is the | + | on your own computer. You can run this on either a Windows machine or a Mac, but the main use for this is if you have a Mac. |
| - | only option for you if you have a Mac. | + | |
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| * It can be a bit resource-intensive (you are running Linux and your own computer's operating systems at the same time). | * It can be a bit resource-intensive (you are running Linux and your own computer's operating systems at the same time). | ||
| * There is an extra layer of complexity with this operating- system-inside-an-operating-system. Having the virtual machine involved may require extra attention to some details to keep it working. | * There is an extra layer of complexity with this operating- system-inside-an-operating-system. Having the virtual machine involved may require extra attention to some details to keep it working. | ||
| - | * Will take up 30-60 GB of disk space on your machine as you install it, less once the install is done and you delete all the intermediate files. | + | * Will take up > 70 GB of disk space on your machine during the install. Once it is installed then it takes up about half that (after you delete the intermediate files). |
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| + | Before you start be aware that you need to have sufficient RAM as well. I have 16 GB on my machine and 12 CPU cores. I give 8GB RAM and 6 cores and it runs well. What you only gave it 4GB? Don't know for sure but I believe students have been OK with that. | ||
| ==== Instructions==== | ==== Instructions==== | ||
