Hi. I’m new to FPGAs, so apologies for the simplicity (and ignorance) of this question. While many developers may use the overlays for creating applications, I’m interesting in low-level Verilog programming in order build and test simple circuits like the ones in this paper: Experiments on autonomou…

You can use Vivado to compile the Verilod and build a bitstream that cna be downloaded to the board. You can connect the IO of your Verilog design to IO on the board E.g. LEDs, switches, or you can connect them to the Zynq PS (Processing System - ARM processor) and control it from Python. I made a…

Thanks very much, Cathal! That helps a lot. It’s still a bit murky to me but hopefully your video along with some additional homework will get me where I want to be.

HI Matt, I have been doing a lot of “plain HDL” Verilog development on the Pynq as of late. The first thing I would recommend is that you remove the SD card and set the jumpers to boot off of the QSPI flash when just programming the PL. Otherwise, it takes a lot longer to boot the Pynq environmen…

Thanks, Rob! Can you provide any other tips? I’m fairly clueless and have to speculate on what a lot of the terms mean, including “bitstream.” After you write your HDL Verilog, what did/do you compile it with? (Is it compiled to a “bitstream”?) How do you load the bitstream (software tools, bash com…

Wow. OK. First thing I recommend is to go through the following videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuXkbcK3w9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dupyek4NUoI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMxU4XWVssM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBsCNPWudww This is just to get your feet under you. I t…

Matt, I should also mention that you do not need a board to get started with Verilog or VHDL. You can install Vivado and start writing, testing and simulating designs in Vivado directly. You only need a board when you want to see your design running on actual hardware. While it is satisfying to …

Super thanks for all those suggestions, Rob! I’m in Colorado too, by the way (Denver). The project I’m interested in pursuing is very non-traditional from the standpoint of standard digital circuit design, and involves neuroscience and genetic algorithms (maybe even “developmental” genetic algorit…

Hi Matt, Glad to help. Unfortunately, I no longer live in Colorado. I have been in Chicago a while now. The email address and moniker stuck. I really do miss the mountains. One thing to consider is seeing if there are any local hackerspaces with people that share your interest in this sort of …

Hello - I am an experienced Verilog designer hoping to use my TUL-2 board to do FPGA Development as Rob/Matt were doing. I wanted to know if there was any integrated documentation on this process (or is this my opportunity to develop/contribute such)? I will pursue the links above.

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PS: The older post I referred to above is this one: Create overlay for PYNQ LSTM network

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