CIS 372 (Spring 2009): Computer Organization and Design Lab

The programmable logic boards used for CIS 372 are Xilinx Virtex-II Pro development systems. The centerpiece of the board is a Virtex-II Pro XC2VP30 FPGA (fieldprogammable gate array), which can be programmed via a USB cable or compact flash card. The board also features PS/2, serial, Ethernet, stereo audio and VGA video ports, user buttons, switches and LEDS, and expansion ports for connecting to other boards. The Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Development System.
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Caution! The boards contain exposed components that are sensitive to static electricity. Before touching the boards, try to remember to discharge any static electricity you may have built up by touching a grounded piece of metal (i.e. part of the desk). Especially remember to do this after you have been walking around the room on the carpeted floor (please keep your shoes on). Hint If you've having problems with the board, you may want to try the - Xilinx Built-In Self Test Each Klab station contains a Windows machine on the left and a Linux machine on the right. The software for programming the FPGA (Xilinx ISE Project Navigator) is on the Windows machine. Open ISE from Start -> All Programs -> Xilinx ISE 8.2i -> Project Navigator. On the Windows machine, your eniac account is mounted on the S: drive. Xilinx tools have to access many files. They get incredibly slow when they have to access those files over Samba. It is recommended that you keep copy of your project in your eniac account, copy the project directory to the local drive (C:user is the only writeable directory, so somewhere under there), use the local copy while in the lab, copy the project back to your eniac account when you are done, and delete the local copy making sure to empty the recycling bin. Warning Make sure to copy your work back to your eniac account before you leave. The Klab machines are not backed-up and any files that you leave on those machines may be lost.
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