Using Virtual Instrumentation to control your systemįor the example design featured in this tutorial, we will create a basic, reverb-like audio effect, in software, executing on a processor on the target FPGA device.Processing of a design - compiling, synthesizing and building the design to obtain the programming file used to program the target device.Targeting a design to a daughter board FPGA on the Desktop NanoBoard using the auto-configuration feature.Creating and linking an embedded project to a soft processor on the target FPGA.Implementing an OpenBus-based FPGA design, including sourcing and placing components, connecting them together, and interfacing them to peripherals on the Desktop NanoBoard.Use of design hierarchy within an FPGA project.

FPGA project creation within Altium Designer.In this tutorial, we will first define the Innovation Station, then implement a simple processor-based FPGA design, getting it running on a physical FPGA device plugged into the Desktop NanoBoard, showing just how these two component systems work in concert with one another.ĭuring the course of this tutorial, you will gain knowledge of the basics of FPGA design the Altium way, introducing you to: With Altium's Innovation Station, the low level detail is managed for you, leaving you free to focus on device intelligence and functionality - the source of true and sustainable product differentiation. This combination gives you all of the tools and technology necessary to capture, implement, test and debug your embedded / FPGA designs, in real-time. The term Innovation Station represents the powerful combination of the Altium Designer software and the Desktop NanoBoard reconfigurable hardware platform. This documentation is now considered legacy - Altium no longer manufactures, nor sells, any of the NanoBoard, Peripheral Board, Daughter Board, or other connected hardware, detailed here.

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