Section VII Xilinx University Program

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Section VII Xilinx UniversityProgram
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Introduction to Xilinx University Program
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AGENDA

• Mission/Who are we?/Benefits
• Programs and Products
• New Tools for Teaching
• Help Resources
• Summary

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Xilinx University Program(XUP) Group Mission
To facilitate the teaching of engineering
curriculum using PLDs as the target solution of
choice. (To make your job easier)
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Who Are We?

• Patrick Kane
• XUP Manager-HQ
• Anna Acevedo
• XUP Marketing-HQ
• Jeff Weintraub
• TPME - HQ
• Chris Sepulveda
• XUP Coordinator-HQ

• Deon Spicer
• XUP-AP Liaison
• Renji Mikami
• XUP-Japan Liaison
• Lina Frangiamore
• XUP-Europe Liaison

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Xilinx Benefits to Universities

• Ideal for any digital course or research area
• - Intro / Advanced Digital Design - Digital
  Signal Processing
• - Computer Architecture - Control Systems
• - Network or Video Processing - Adaptive Logic
• Immediate results in hardware
• Industry standard CAD software
• PLD skills demanded by industry
• Xilinx Design Series from Prentice Hall
• Free XUP Professors Workshops available
  worldwide
• Go with the leader

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XUP Programs and Products

• Extensive Donation Program
• XUP Professor Workshops
• Sponsor Design Contests
• Research Collaboration
• Web Sites
• university.xilinx.com
• xup.msu.edu
• Government Sponsorship
• Prentice Hall relationship

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XUP Programs and Products
XUP Donation Policy If a new or expanded course
with lab or a research project is being added and
funding is not adequate to purchase the required
products at the University Program discounts,
Xilinx encourages any university or college to
submit a donation request.
To Purchase or To Request a Donation - What's
Practical for you? If you have sufficient budget
to purchase Xilinx software, development boards,
and/or chips, then we encourage you to do so. We
offer significant discounts for Xilinx software
and Xilinx development boards. However, we
recognize that very often, schools simply do not
have the funding even for the discounted
products. In some cases, a school might have
some funding, but not enough to obtain everything
that is needed for the lab. We encourage you to
make the choice that you feel is right for your
situation. Most importantly, if money is any
barrier to your immediate use of Xilinx products,
you should request a donation for what you need.
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New Tools for Teaching
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Spartan Digilab boardfrom Digilent Inc.
99.00 Assembled, 79.00 UnassembledTo Order
www.digilent.cc
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Digilent Spartan II Board
For more information www.digilent.cc
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XSV-1 Board from Xess Corp.
XCV50 - 699 XCV100 - 749 XCV300 -
899 XCV800 - 1599 To Order www.xess.com
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Xilinx Student Edition 2.1i

• Includes
• Foundation Series 2.1i for students computers
• VHDL and Verilog synthesis
• Includes Spartan, Spartan II, XC9500, XC4K family
  
• Sold through university bookstores. Also
  available at www.prenhall.com and
  www.Amazon.com
• Bundled with Xilinx Design Series or 55 stand
  alone
• New Web Pack Software - free download
• Includes all CPLDs, Spartan II
• VHDL, Verilog

Note Xilinx student edition software is for
students personal use and not to be installed in
university labs
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System Generator for Simulink

• Bridges gap between FPGA and DSP design flows
• Used with Simulink/MATLAB from The MathWorks
• Automatically generates HDL/optimized algorithms
• Shortens learning curve
• HW redesign eliminated
• Optimal implementation

GAP
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Xilinx System Generator

• Used with MATLAB and Simulink from The
  MathWorks
• Tools familiar to most System and DSP designers
• Visual data-flow paradigm
• Xilinx Blockset - Simulink library of arithmetic
  and logic operators, DSP functions
• Bit and cycle true to FPGA implementation
• Simulink to VHDL compiler
• Simulink netlister - automatically generates HDL
  -gt only one design source, no re-verification
• Automatically invokes CORE Generator gt optimal
  implementation

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Xilinx Design Series from Prentice Hall
Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals Morris
Mano and Charles Kime
Digital Design Principles and Practices (3rd Ed)
John Wakerly
Modeling, Synthesis and Rapid Prototyping Using
the Verilog HDL By Michael Ciletti
Introductory VHDL From Simulation to Synthesis,
1/e Sudhakar Yalamanchili
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Xilinx Design Series from Prentice Hall
Digital Electronics Laboratory Experiments Using
the Xilinx XC95108 CPLD with Xilinx Foundation
Design and Simulation Software, 1/e James W.
Stewart ,Chao-Ying Wang, both of DeVry Institute
of Technology
Digital Electronics with PLD Integration,
1/e Nigel P. Cook
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Help Resources
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XUP URL university.xilinx.com
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Xilinx University Resource Center www.xup.msu.edu

• Professor Resources
• Teaching Materials
• Support Texts
• Student Resources
• Tutorials
• Project Examples
• General Resources
• Hardware/Software
• Online Support
• Discussion Forum
• FAQs
• Email support

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http//support.xilinx.com

• The Most Up-to-Date Information
• on Xilinx Products
• Forums
• Database search
• techXclusives
• Software Updates
• Problem Solvers
• Software Manuals
• Web Case

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FAQ

• Who will Xilinx support in the universities?
• Xilinx will give technical support to Professors
  and teaching assistants in the university labs.
  Students should get their support from their
  Professors or at support.xilinx.com or
  www.xup.msu.edu

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Summary

• Xilinx is an excellent choice as target
  technology for digital design.computer
  engineering, DSP and many other engineering
  classes.
• Go with the leader in PLDs
• XUPs job is to make your job easier
• Make it easy for professors to stay current with
  technology and to get Xilinx software and
  hardware
• Offer web sites with lab exercises
• Prentice-Hall Xilinx Design Series textbooks