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Rhino Tutorial 1 - Hello Borph
Rhino Tut 1 - Hello Borph
A starting point for those who just want to try out the board. You don't really need to know how to use ISE to go through this, but having some Linux knowledge is expected.
The aim of this tutorial is to lead you through the process of booting a Rhino into the BORPH operating system, and running bof files (i.e., files that program an encapsulated bitfile into the FPGA).
See Also
If you don't have time to go through a full ISE tutorial linked to below, you can see the very brief Rhino Tutorial 0 - ISE and Simulation Basics that will help you get a feel for the tools if you are merely wanting to experiment (with or without having a Rhino connected).
If you are not familiar with Xilinx ISE, please familiarize yourself
with the tool by seeing for example one of the Xilinx tutorials for your
version of ISE, e.g.
http://www.xilinx.com/support/techsup/tutorials/tutorials11.htm
Rhino Tutorial 2 - DAC
Rhino Tut 2 - DAC
This tutorial involves connecting a Digilent PMod to the Rhino's GPIO ports and producing analogue outputs.
Downloads:
- mkbof_win.zip : needed for generating the bof file
Useful details about the DA2 DAC used from Digilent
Rhino Tutorial 0 - Starting in Xilinx ISE and ISIM
Rhino Tut 0 - Starting out in Xilinx ISE and ISIM
The aim of this tutorial is to lead you through the process of getting a simple VHDL design up together and simulated on Xilinx ISIM; it also covers the basics of using OCTAVE for graphing some of the simulated outputs.
You need to have Xilinx ISE Version 14.7 (or earlier!) installed, which will compile for the Spartan 6 that is on the RHINO. Install the System Edition preferably. Available from Xilinx at: http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools/v2012_4---14_7.html (if working at UCT a copies of this are available on DVD or from the local file server)