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Let’s create a new git local repository and add the current files to it. This script calls the write_project_tcl Vivado command with the correct parameters for this folder structure, store the generated file in the scripts folder and modify it to regenerate the top level wrapper file when the script is executed.
The scripts folder contains a couple of TCL utility scripts and in particular we’re going to use create_project.tcl. Vivado is where the temporary Vivado project files are going to be stored and it is not under version control.
CI stands for continuous integration and we’re going to have a look at that in the next blog post. There is a bd directory that is where we’re going to save the block design file. Inflating: vivado-project-template-master/scripts/create_project_tcl.tclĬreating: vivado-project-template-master/vivado/Įxtracting: vivado-project-template-master/vivado/.gitignore Inflating: vivado-project-template-master/scripts/build_fpga.sh Inflating: vivado-project-template-master/scripts/build_bitstream.tcl Inflating: vivado-project-template-master/ci/JenkinsfileĬreating: vivado-project-template-master/scripts/ Inflating: vivado-project-template-master/.gitignoreĬreating: vivado-project-template-master/bd/Įxtracting: vivado-project-template-master/bd/.gitignoreĬreating: vivado-project-template-master/ci/ 18:08:21 (30.3 KB/s) - ‘master.zip’ saved Ĭreating: vivado-project-template-master/
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Let’s decompress the archive and see what’s inside. You can download a template folder structure with the scripts from github ( ).
bd file. The only issue is that the top level wrapper HDL file is part of the source set and it is not generated automatically, but I have created a simple script to get around it. Vivado can do most of the leg work generating a TCL script to recreate the project using the command write_project_tcl. By default it embeds the block design in the TCL script, but it can be configured to use an existing. I am going to use Git as source version control tool, but others can be used as well (SVN, etc.).
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When I started researching how to better integrate Vivado with source version control, I defined the following requirements: My typical Xilinx Vivado FPGA project has a block design as top level with automatically generated and managed wrapper. It has a mix of Xilinx and custom IP cores and I use the Out Of Context flow for synthesis since it reduces build time by caching IP cores that haven’t been modified or updated. changing the implementation strategy or place and route parameters) have to be manually ported to the TCL file. The problem with this approach is that changes to the project in Vivado (i.e. User Guide 1198 ( ), requires the developer to write a TCL script to recreate the project. Most of the existing documentation about source version control and Vivado, i.e.
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In this blog post of the series “FPGA meets DevOps”, I am going to show you how to use source version control with Xilinx Vivado. FPGA meets DevOps - Xilinx Vivado and Git