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In 2009, the privileged students who were just starting out could be said to be "newborn calves not afraid of tigers". They enthusiastically recorded the video "Getting Started with FPGAs in a Simple Way" and published a book of the same name the following year. Unexpectedly, at that time when resources were scarce, he could actually learn how to use FPGAs very quickly. It has quickly attracted the attention and favor of the majority of FPGA beginners, and has really helped some beginners. It is said that "it takes ten years to sharpen a sword", but more than 10 years go by in a blink of an eye. Fortunately, the privileged students have long forgotten the aura of "Internet celebrity", and are working hard in the workplace, focusing on the specific work of circuit design and FPGA development. , serving projects and products. When it comes to making products, what Privilege students feel most deeply is simplicity, practicality, stability, and low cost. The same is true for FPGA. For beginners, what they need is not fancy or fancy applications, but one step at a time, starting from scratch in a down-to-earth manner, spending more time writing code, and constantly simulating and debugging on the board. , understand it thoroughly and practice each basic example by yourself.
Over the years, many friends in the industry have also hoped that privileged students would take the time to record a set of FPGA video tutorials. Considering the limited time and energy, it has been difficult to make a decision. In recent years, privileged students have participated in the recruitment of FPGA engineers in companies and found that it is extremely difficult to find relatively high-level FPGA talents in the market. Therefore, Privilege students decided to use a new FPGA platform (Xilinx Artix-7 series) 10 years after the publication of "Fun with FPGA in a Simple Language", starting from basic FPGA knowledge, to the installation and use of tools, and then to basic examples. , debugging examples, project examples and other aspects to guide the majority of FPGA beginners to complete the entry and advancement of FPGA. Of course, this is just a new beginning. As time and energy permit, Privilege students are still preparing to record a set of videos "Learning Verilog while coding" that focus on verilog code learning. I hope you will support me a lot. Your encouragement is the motivation for privileged students to continue sharing.
"The 2020 version of the video tutorial on playing with FPGA in simple terms" is based on Xilinx's Artix-7FPGA device and a variety of rich entry-level and advanced peripherals. The video has a total of 37 lessons, with a total duration of about 800 minutes. It provides some typical engineering examples to help learners learn from FPGA basic knowledge, logic design concepts, tool configuration and use, design source code writing, design functional principles, simulation verification, and board-level design. Gain a solid grasp of FPGA development in aspects such as debugging and debugging.
The book "XilinxArtix-7 FPGA Quick Start, Techniques and Examples" (Tsinghua University Press) accompanying this video is now on sale. This video has the same name as "Playing with FPGA in a Simple and Simple Way" recorded by Privilege students in 2010 (this video is the new 2020 version), but the supporting books and boards are different. The content has been accumulated by Privilege students for 10 years and has been deeply processed, making it more suitable for the majority of FPGA beginners. Scholars and advanced students learn.