MicroBlaze

A series of training material dedicated to introducing engineers to creating their first embedded designs. The labs cover all the required steps for creating a complete MicroBlaze design in the Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA LX9 MicroBoard.

MicroBlaze is a soft-core microprocessor designed to be implemented as a part of a system on chip (SoC) mapped on Xilinx FPGAs.

[Download Lab 1 pdf] It demonstrates how to create an embedded hardware platform for MicroBlaze using the Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS) Base System Builder (BSB).

[Download Lab 2 pdf] It demonstrates how to add and modify peripherals to an existing MicroBlaze system. The system from Lab 1 will be used as the starting point.

[Download Lab 3 pdf] It demonstrates how to create and add custom IP to an existing MicroBlaze system using the XPS Create/Import Peripheral Wizard. The system from the previous tutorial will be used as the starting point.

[Download Lab 4 pdf] It demonstrates how to simulate the embedded system using ISim.

[Download Lab 5 pdf] It demonstrates how to debug and investigate AXI transactions in the embedded system using ChipScope Pro.

[Download Lab 6 pdf] Also, you will need the file bootloader.c. This lab will demonstrate how to do the following:

• Update the SPI Flash Clock Rate.
• Move application to run out of LPDDR and create an SREC Flash Image.
• Create an SPI Flash boot loader.
• Program the SPI Flash with bootloader and software application using iMPACT.