Implementing FPGAs with ChipInventor

Creating the UART project

In this guide, you will learn how to develop and program an FPGA project using ChipInventor, with...

Adding the Blocks

For this project, you will use three main blocks: uart_rx: Receives the byte sent via UART. u...

Choosing the FPGA and Simulation (Advanced)

1. Click on Choose FPGA.  Select the option Tang Primer 20k. 2. Click on the Simulate tab...

Synthesis and Record

After confirming your design is error-free in the Advanced Simulation: 1. Click on the Synthesiz...

FPGA Validation

Once the project has been successfully programmed onto the FPGA, it’s time to test it in real har...

Recorder

If you want to reprogram (re-flash) the same design without making any changes (no new synthesis ...

Wrapping Up

In this tutorial, you learned to configure and connect blocks in ChipInventor to create a functio...