May 19 Summary Tutorials 1 and 2

Tutorial 1

For tutorial one we were introduced to Vivado, New Project Wizard and SDK. We also explored and integrated Vivado into the software application while finally exporting the software application to the ZedBoard.

Tutorial 2

In tutorial two we used Vivado again with further analysis incorporating existing IP from the Vivado IP. Later, we added the instances of the AXI GPIO twice. After we ran the connection automation for btns_5bits and /axi_gpio_0/GPIO once then did it a second time but this time we selected less_8bits for /axi_gpio_0/GPIO. After exporting the hardware to SDK we then ran this application on the ZedBoard to demonstrate how the interrupts are used. Finally, we returned to the file we created in Vivado but this time we modified additional sources and deleted connections from the processor to the GPIO. At the end this allowed for the buttons to control the LEDs to flash while allowing the LEDs to blink in one second increments.