November 2014
AC701 Ethernet Design Creation
XTP223
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Revision History Date Version Description 11/24/14 10.0 Regenerated for 2014.4.
10/08/14 9.0 Regenerated for 2014.3.
06/09/14 8.0 Regenerated for 2014.2.
04/16/14 6.0 Regenerated for 2014.1.
12/18/13 5.0 Regenerated for 2013.4.
10/23/13 4.0 Regenerated for 2013.3.
06/19/13 3.0 Regenerated for 2013.2. AR55738 fixed.
04/03/13 2.0 Regenerated for 2013.1. AR54163 and AR54165 fixed. Added AR55738.
02/04/13 1.1 As per AR54044, added 2012.4 device pack. Added AR54163, AR54165, and AR54223.
12/18/12 1.0 Initial version.
Overview AC701 Board AC701 Setup Generate RGMII Ethernet Example Design Modifications to Example Design Compile Example Design Run RGMII Ethernet Example Design References
Note: This presentation applies to the AC701
Artix-7 Ethernet Capability AC701 Supports RGMII Capability – RGMII demonstrated in this tutorial – Board TX to Host
LogiCORE Ethernet Example Design – AC701 Ethernet Design Files (2014.4 C) ZIP file – Available through http://www.xilinx.com/ac701
LogiCORE IP Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC – See PG051 for details
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Xilinx AC701 Board
Vivado Software Requirements Xilinx Vivado Design Suite 2014.4, Design Edition
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IP License Requirements IP licenses are needed to compile the design in this tutorial: – LogiCORE, Ethernet AVB Endpoint, Evaluation License – LogiCORE, Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC, Evaluation License – LogiCORE, Tri-Mode Ethernet Media Access Controller, Evaluation License – Available free of charge at http://www.xilinx.com/getlicense
Wireshark Software Requirement Wireshark Protocol Analyzer available at http://www.wireshark.org/
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Open Vivado
Start → All Programs → Xilinx Design Tools → Vivado 2014.4 → Vivado Select Create New Project
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Click Next
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Set the Project name and location to ac701_ethernet and C:/ – Check Create Project Subdirectory
Generate Ethernet Example Design
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Select RTL Project – Select Do not specify sources at this time
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Select the AC701 Board
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Click Finish
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Click on IP Catalog
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Select Tri Mode Ethernet MAC v8.3 under Communication & Networking
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Right click on Tri Mode Ethernet MAC – Select Customize IP
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Make the following settings – Set Component
Name: ac701_ethernet_rgmii
– Set the Board Interfaces:
– ETHERNET: rgmii – MDIO: mdio io – Click Interface Tab
Generate Ethernet Example Design Make the following settings – Select Tri speed – Click Features Tab
Generate Ethernet Example Design Make the following settings – De-select Half
Duplex, AVB, Frame Filter, and Statistics Counters
– Click OK
Generate Ethernet Example Design Click Generate
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Generate Ethernet Example Design Ethernet design appears in Design Sources – Wait until checkmark appears on ac701_ethernet_rgmii_synth_1
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Compile Example Design Right click on ac701_ethernet_rgmii and Open IP Example Design…
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Compile Example Design Set the location to C:/ac701_ethernet and click OK
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Compile Example Design A new project is created Click on Generate Bitstream
Note: The original project window can be closed
Compile Example Design Open and view Implemented Design
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Setup for the AC701 Designs Connect a USB Type-A to Micro-B cable to the USB JTAG (Digilent) connector on the AC701 board – Connect this cable to your PC – Power on the AC701 board
Setup for the AC701 Designs Connect a Ethernet cable to the AC701 – Connect this cable to your PC
AC701 Setup Set S2 to 1100 (1 = on, Position 1 → Position 4) This selects Gigabit Ethernet, with the packet generator off
Run Ethernet Example Design Click Open Hardware Manager
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Run Ethernet Example Design Click Open target and select Auto Connect
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Run Ethernet Example Design Select Program device → xc7a200t_0
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Run Ethernet Example Design The newly created bitstream is default Click Program
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Run Ethernet Example Design Open Wireshark – Set the Filter to: eth.addr == da:01:02:03:04:05; click Apply – Select the Ethernet NIC and click Start
Run Ethernet Example Design Open your Network and Sharing Center control panel Click on Change adapter settings
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Run Ethernet Example Design Right click on the Gigabit network connection and select Status The status dialog will show you the speed and number of packets
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Run Ethernet Example Design Wireshark should show no packets
Run Ethernet Example Design Set S2 to 1110 (1 = on, Position 1 → Position 4) for a moment to run the packet generator Set S2 back to 1100
Run Ethernet Example Design The status dialog shows a few packets received
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Run Ethernet Example Design Wireshark captures and displays the actual packets
Run Ethernet Example Design Use the arrow keys to move to the next packet
Run Ethernet Example Design Viewing several packets, you can see a simple changing pattern
References
References Tri-Mode Ethernet Media Access Controller – Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC Product Overview
• http://www.xilinx.com/products/intellectual-property/TEMAC.htm
– LogiCORE IP Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC Product Guide – PG051 • http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/ip_documentation/
tri_mode_ethernet_mac/v8_3/pg051-tri-mode-eth-mac.pdf
Documentation
Documentation Artix-7 – Artix-7 FPGA Family
• http://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/fpga/artix-7/index.htm
– Design Advisory Master Answer Record for Artix-7 FPGAs • http://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/51456.htm
AC701 Documentation – Artix-7 FPGA AC701 Evaluation Kit
• http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/EK-A7-AC701-G.htm
– AC701 Getting Started Guide • http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/boards_and_kits/ac701/2014_1/
ug967-ac701-eval-kit-getting-started.pdf
– AC701 User Guide • http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/boards_and_kits/
ac701/ug952-ac701-a7-eval-bd.pdf