• DesignStart FPGA 101: How to Design with Arm Cortex-M1

    Rachel Cracknell
    Rachel Cracknell
    July 11, 2019 03:00 PM to 07:00 PM Coordinated Universal Time

    GOWIN Semiconductor webinar series: Learn how to design with Cortex-M1 soft CPU IP into Gowin FPGAs Date: Thursday July 11 Times: 4pm and 8pm BST This webinar will introduce you to configuring GOWIN FPGA's with an Arm Cortex-M1 soft CPU IP, from...
    • 11 months ago
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  • Meet new Arm Innovator, Adam Taylor and his top 20 resources for FPGA developers

    Louise Paul
    Louise Paul

    As embedded and IoT applications continue to grow and push boundaries, there is a need for flexibility in product designs. This has resulted in a significant growth in application-optimized designs.

    The Xilinx product portfolio has been built to enable…

    • over 1 year ago
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  • Cortex-M0 DesignStart processor size (FPGA)?

    Jack
    Jack

    Dear sirs,

    I have a question about the size of synthesized logic for Cortex-M0 DesignStart processor.

    When I use ISE of Xilinx to synthesize Cortex-M0 DesignStart processor (version r1p0-00rel0), I have result as below.

    (I configure for using Spartan…

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • I am an FPGA SoC engineer and I want to create a custom SoC. Is it possible for me to learn and acquire the development flow for less than 5K EUR budget – and if so, how should I proceed?

    Alexis Ogborn
    Alexis Ogborn

    This question was raised in the ‘Want to maximise your product design? See how a custom ASIC can help?' webinar, view all the questions in the round-up blog post.

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • Assuming knowledge of standard off-the-shelf SoC and FPGA designs, what big challenges exists for an integrated solution?

    Alexis Ogborn
    Alexis Ogborn

    This question was raised in the ‘Want to maximise your product design? See how a custom ASIC can help?' webinar, view all the questions in the round-up blog post.

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • Fail to run the compiled MPS2+ project

    elisorin
    elisorin

    Hi,

    After compiling the MPS2+ FPGA designstart project (unmodified, as-is out of the box), i'm failing to run it on the FPGA.

    While the already downloaded image that arrives on the FPGA runs fine (i run the demo application), the image I compiled…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Could you recommend a specific FPGA board for ARM Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M3 implementation?

    Alexis Ogborn
    Alexis Ogborn

    This question was raised in the webinar "Enhance your product with industry-leading processors - for no upfront license fee.”

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • The Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M3 processors are free for FPGA prototyping, but are they also free for IC prototyping?

    Alexis Ogborn
    Alexis Ogborn

    This question was raised in the webinar "Enhance your product with industry-leading processors - for no upfront license fee.”

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • How to implement Cortex-M3 DesignStart Eval r0p0-02rel0 to Xilinx virtex 5 board?

    ele
    ele

    Hi.

    I came across Cortex-M3 DesignStart Eval r0p0-02rel0 implementing to the boards name of  ALTERA's MPS2+ from here https://developer.arm.com/products/system-design/development-boards/cortex-m-prototyping-system .

    But I'm looking for Xilinx board…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • What USB Blaster cable?

    urian
    urian

    Hello,

    I want to use an USB Blaster cable for rapid FPGA prototyping on the MPS2+. 

    The cables differ very much in price.  Is it recommended to buy an original Altera for over 200 Euro or can I use a cheaper nonamee one?

    Could you please recommend a cable…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Cortex M0 Designstart missing/unknown files and ignored includes

    Berkay Uçkun
    Berkay Uçkun

    Hi everyone,

    I'm using Windows 10 operating system(i couldn't know if this is relevant to second part of my problem) and I want to embed Cortex M0 Designstart Design Kit on a Xilinx FPGA board. I'm currently trying to synthesize (AT510) r1p0-00rel0…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • CM3 DesignStart Build warning messages with Quartus Prime 17.0.2

    TES
    TES

    Hi,

    I am using Quartus Prime Lite 17.0.2 for building Cortex-M3 DesignStart RTL.

    I can successfully build the RTL, but I got some critical warnings as follows. Can I ignore these warnings? Is there any effects on the design by these warnings?

    Critical…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Has anyone had problems with implementing App Note AN387 using Cortex M0 r2p0 on a Cortex-M + dev board?

    CraigS
    CraigS

    All,

    I received the Versatile Express Cortex-M Prototyping System + and am using DesignStart. I powered on the board and the operating system booted up without any problems.

    In the V2M_MPS2/MB/HBI0263C/board.txt file, the following are the sequence of…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Simulate Cortex-M0 FPGA implementation in ModelSim

    thexeno
    thexeno

    Hello, I started to tinker with the most basic Cortex-M0 from the DesignStart.
    I am using Modelsim Student Edition, which run only on Windows (or Linux through Wine).

    I tried to start with Linux to see if at least the "make" commands are working. Problem…

    • Answered
    • over 2 years ago
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  • Test Errors with DesignEval Kit

    DarshanSatya
    DarshanSatya

    I am currently in Evaluation phase of ARM Design Kits.

    I am using the exact steps present in arm_cortex_m3_designstart_eval_rtl_and_fpga_quick_start_guide to compile the RTL and run the tests.

    But, unfortunately after compiling the RTL I am getting a stack…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Test Errors with DesignEval Kit (arm_cortex_m3_designstart_eval_rtl)

    DarshanSatya
    DarshanSatya

    I am currently in Evaluation phase of ARM Design Kits.

    I am using the exact steps present in arm_cortex_m3_designstart_eval_rtl_and_fpga_quick_start_guide_100895_0000_00_en.pdf

    to compile the RTL and run the tests.

    But, unfortunately after compiling the…

    • Answered
    • over 2 years ago
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  • DesignStart Eval on Terasic DE10-Standard Board

    ag4inst4ll0dds
    ag4inst4ll0dds

    Hello,

    For my bachelor thesis I have to implement the RTL-Code of the Cortex-M3 in the DE-10 Standard Board.
    The FPGA on the Terasic DE-10 Standard is the Cyclone V  5CSXFC6D6F31C6.

    If I try to compile the ".sof" file of the Eval package in Quartus Prime…

    • Answered
    • over 2 years ago
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  • DesignStart Pro: APB on FPGA via Quartus Prime

    ag4inst4ll0dds
    ag4inst4ll0dds

    Hello,

    I try to implement the Cortex-M3 processor on an FPGA via Quartus Prime. I set up the SSE050 Subsystem and tried to connect several peripherals to the board. I want to test the functionality with a uVision project lighting some LEDs. To have access…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • arm cortex m3 designstart debug with st_link.

    chinaboy
    chinaboy

    I download arm cortex m3 prototype  to the CYCLON 5 FPGA .Then use keil to debug the software but when click he debug button ,I encountered an error like the one shown above.

    I don't know how to solve the problem 

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • First compile, verilog files missing

    LeChuck
    LeChuck

    Hi,

    I am just performing the first steps with the DesignStart Eval Edition (Cortex-M0), trying to compile the verilog sources to get a simulation running.

    So I changed /systems/fpga_testbench/trl_sim/makefile to use gcc and modelsim and now I want to …

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • BME280 on DesignStart Eval via SPI Shield0

    ag4inst4ll0dds
    ag4inst4ll0dds

    Hello,

    I'm trying to connect the DesignStart Eval System to the BME280 Environmental Sensor via SPI. I used the SPI Shield0 Pins (EXP[11 to 14]) to set the connection and activated alternate functions in uVision for these pins. But how can I set up the…

    • Answered
    • over 2 years ago
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  • ARM CortexM3 Designstart on the fpga can't run the compiled c code itself

    chinaboy
    chinaboy

    Dear all

    I encounter a confusion that  I compile a piece a c code and generate HEX file( as instruction rom's initialization file) which is download to the fpga whit the cortex m3 prototype of Verilog code .but the M3 system can't run itself .when I…

    • Answered
    • over 2 years ago
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  • How to Debug CM3 DesignStart in the FPGA

    hduxiaoye
    hduxiaoye

    I use the ARM Cortex-M3 DesignStart Eval on the FPGA platform, I use J-link to download the program to the system but the system is not properly implemented. I downloaded the generated Hex file via J-link to the FPGA development board via Keil. Is the…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Cortex-M0 DesignStart Eval

    Ping-Chieh Wang
    Ping-Chieh Wang

    Hi

    I have download the Cortex-M0 DesignStart Eval file (AT510-MN-80001-r2p0-00rel0),
    and read the ARM FPGA board (MPS2+) datasheet.

    The MPS2+ have many peripheral devices but we don't need it,
    so we want made a platform for our use.

    The user guide…

    • Answered
    • over 1 year ago
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  • M0: remove PMU/CG

    LeChuck
    LeChuck

    Hi,

    I am using Cortex-M0 DesignStart Pro. I want to port the Model to FPGA, where I do not need any clock gating or power management. Is there a way to remove the PMU completely?

    Best regards,
    LeChuck

    • Answered
    • over 1 year ago
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