Hardware Description Languages (EE 360)
Winter 2007
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Laboratory

CAD Tools

The main CAD tools we will be using is Xilinx ISE (Integrated Software Environment) WebPack.
ISE WebPack is a complete front-to-back end FPGA design solution and can be downloaded for free.
Extensive information about Xilinx and its products can be found at: To get up to speed with the use of ISE try the following tutorials: The hardware used is Xilinx's SPARTAN-3E Starter Kit Board. In order to get up to speed on how to program and use the board try the following tutorials (courtesy of Gennadiy Chernyavskiy):
For compiling and simulating your VHDL designs it is also possible to download and use the free version of VHDL Simili 3.1 from Symphony EDA.
To get up to speed with the use of VHDL Simili try the following tutorial:
The files used for the VHDL Simili Tutorial are:
ISE and VHDL Simili are available in both CEB232 and CEB134.

Lab. Teams

Each Team must be formed by 2 or at most 3 people.

VHDL Links

VHDL coding examples

Edge detector Up/down counter Synchronous Memory (behavioral model)