TABLE OF CONTENT

This page has a "table of content" format to provide a quick access to any post associated with a step of the design process.


Introduction : Why this blog ?

1 - Development tools

1.1 - Setup the development environment
1.2 - How to install an Oracle VM VirtualBox on a Windows Host
1.3 - How to install Ubuntu 16.04.03 on a Virtual Machine
1.4 - Optimizations for the Host / Ubuntu interactions within the Virtual Machine
1.5 - How to install Xilinx Vivado and SDK
1.6 - How to install PetaLinux

1.6.1 - Set Ubuntu shell for Xilinx PetaLinux
1.6.2 - How to automatically configure the PetaLinux environment
1.6.3 - How to customize Ubuntu for Xilinx PetaLinux

2 - Custom IP generation

2.1 - Overview of IP handling with VIVADO
2.2 - How to create an AXI4 Custom IP from scratch
2.3 - How to create a Microblaze design to simulate low level Software Functions
2.4 - How to create low level Software functions to handle a custom IP
2.5 - How to create a standalone driver to handle a custom IP
2.6 - Run the test driver on the MiniZed board with a standalone Zynq design
2.7 - Generate a basic Linux over the custom IP

3 - Linux Software for Custom IP

3.1 - Very Low Level access with Peek and Poke
3.2 - Easy Custom IP access with application development based on mmap
3.3 - Another very low access method with the devmem utility

4 - Topics about the MiniZed board

4.1 - How to enable the Wifi on a MiniZed board custom design (under construction)

5 - Miscellaneous

5.1 - New ! An easy way to install the needed board file for VIVADO (under construction)