Digital Signal Processing Infrastructure

Get the latest infrastructure for developing digital logic courses using Xilinx technology. Select and obtain software tools and University boards for the lab. Attend a Professor workshop to get you up to speed. Use Xilinx IP cores, getting started materials, and academic partner materials for developing lab exercises.

• Select Development Tools for the Lab
• Select a University Board
• Get Started with Xilinx Technology
• Access Curriculum Resources

Get the latest Development Tools

Install the latest full version of Xilinx development tools in your lab

• System Generator for DSP (required) - Create designs in Matlab/Simulink and generate hardware targeting the latest FPGAs.
• ISE Foundation (required) - Generate a bitstream and configure the FPGA. User can optionally
  connect the System Generator design to a larger design (written in VHDL or Verilog) that contains
  interfaces to external board components such as audio CODECs, external memory devices, video
  CODECs, etc.
• EDK (optional, but highly recommended) - Create MicroBlaze or PowerPC embedded systems
  targeting supported Xilinx University boards. Export the System Generator design as a pcore
  (peripheral) and connect it within EDK.
• Chipscope-Pro (optional, but highly recommended) - Debug designs in real-time running on-chip

Obtain DSP tools from XUP alliance members

• Third Party Alliance

Get a University Board

Obtain academically priced boards for education and research.

• University boards - Low-cost boards built for education
  • XUP Virtex-II Pro audio and video capabilities useful for DSP courses
• Third Party Alliance - High-end boards subsidized for research
  

Get Started with Xilinx Technology

Refer to Support Resources

• Access online Documentation, Tutorials, Webcasts, Discussion Forums, and more
• Professors may submit online webcases for technical issues
  

Professors may register to attend the DSP Design Flow workshop to get up to speed with the
ISE Foundation software and latest University boards.

Access free Xilinx reference designs

• Spartan-3E Starter Kit
• XUP Virtex-II Pro

Access Curriculum Resources

Access curriculum resources including IP cores, reference designs, links
to online University course materials, and more.

• Digital Signal Processing
• Digital Communications