Designing with Ultrascale™ FPGA Transceivers
Designing with Ultrascale™ FPGA Transceivers
Learn how to employ serial transceivers in your Ultrascale™ FPGA design. Understand and utilize the features of the serial transceiver blocks, such as 8B/10B and 64B/66B encoding, channel bonding, clock correction, and comma detection. Additional topics include use of the Ultrascale™ FPGAs Transceiver Wizard, synthesis and implementation considerations, board design as it relates to the transceivers, and test and debugging. This course combines lectures with practical hands-on labs.
Skills Gained
After completing this comprehensive training, you will know how to:
- Describe and utilize the ports and attributes of the serial transceiver in Ultrascale™ FPGAs
- Effectively utilize the following features of the gigabit transceivers:64B/66B and other encoding/decoding, comma detection, clock correction, and channel bondingPre-emphasis and receive equalization
- Use the Ultrascale™ FPGAs Transceivers Wizard to instantiate GT primitives in a design
- Access appropriate reference material for board design issues involving signal integrity and the power supply, reference clocking, and trace design
- Use the IBERT design to verify transceiver links on real hardware
Course Outline
Day 1
- Ultrascale™ FPGA Overview
- Ultrascale™ FPGA Transceivers Overview
- Ultrascale™ FPGAs Transceivers Clocking and Resets
- Transceiver Wizard Overview
- Lab 1: Transceiver Core GenerationUse the Ultrascale™ FPGAs Transceivers Wizard to create instantiation templates.
- Transceiver Simulation
- Lab 2: Transceiver SimulationSimulate the transceiver IP by using the IP example design.
- PCS Layer General Functionality
Day 2
- PCS Layer Encoding
- Lab 3: 64B/66B EncodingGenerate a 64B/66B transceiver core by using the Ultrascale™ FPGAs Transceivers Wizard, simulate the design, and analyze the results.
- Transceiver Implementation
- Lab 4: Transceiver ImplementationImplement the transceiver IP by using the IP example design.
- PMA Layer Details
- Transceiver Board Design Considerations
- Transceiver Test and Debugging
- Lab 5: IBERT DesignVerify transceiver links on real hardware.
- Transceiver Application Examples
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Education Investment Options
- To qualify for the Advanced Registration Price, full payment must be received 21 days prior to the first day of class.
- Basic follow-on coaching includes 2 hours (max 2 calls)
- Comprehensive follow-on coaching includes 10 hours (max 5 calls)
- Follow-on Coaching must be purchased at time of registration.
Training Duration:
2 Days
Who should attend:
FPGA designers and logic designers
Prerequisites
Verilog or VHDL experience or the Designing with Verilog or Designing with VHDL course
Familiarity with logic design (state machines and synchronous design)
Basic knowledge of FPGA architecture and Xilinx implementation tools are helpful
Familiarity with serial I/O basics and high-speed serial I/O standards is also helpful
Software Tools
Vivado™ System Edition 2015.3Mentor Graphics Questa Advanced Simulator 10.4
Hardware
Architecture: Ultrascale™ FPGAs*Demo board: None** This course focuses on the Ultrascale™ architecture. Check with your local Authorized Training Provider for the specifics of the in-class lab board or other customizations.