Learn Fpga Design By Practice: Image Transfer With Uart

Master UART Communication with a practical case of an image transfer between PC and FPGA

What you'll learn

Specification Analysis: Understanding system requirements and design specifications for an FPGA-based project.

UART theory with examples.

Digital Logic Design with VHDL: UART implementation.

FPGA Basics: Gaining hands-on experience with FPGA hardware, toolchains, and development workflows.

FPGA Synthesis and Simulation: Using simulation tools to verify the design before synthesizing it onto hardware.

Demonstrating the Final System: Presenting a working image transfer system via UART running on an FPGA board.

Requirements

Basic notions on digital electronics and VHDL are needed to get the most from this course

Description

Are you ready to dive into the fascinating world of FPGA design? This time you will be learning UART communication in a fun and practical way. Welcome to "Learn FPGA Design by Practice: Image transfert with UART", a hands-on course that combines digital design, communication protocols, and creativity!This course is perfect for students, engineers, and enthusiasts eager to enhance their FPGA skills and explore the practical implementation of UART. Through engaging lessons and a real-world project, you'll design a communication system between a computer and an FPGA board.An image will be transferred from PC to FPGA via UART pixel by pixel. The colors of each received pixel by FPGA will be inverted then sent back to computer. Python will be used to open the serial link between PC and FPGA and convert exchanged bytes into displayable PNG image.Here’s what you’ll gain:Strong Fundamentals: Understand UART protocol.Hands-On Experience: Implement a fully functional image transfer project via UART on FPGA.Practical Knowledge: Learn VHDL and follow the whole FPGA design flow from specification to on-board testing.With clear explanations, and detailed demonstrations, this course ensures you build confidence and proficiency in FPGA design. Whether you're a beginner or looking to level up your skills, this course offers a fun and rewarding experience.As usual, I am going to share everything I know about the topic and give you my tips as a senior hardware engineer.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Requirements

Lecture 3 System overview

Lecture 4 The FPGA board

Section 2: Understanding UART

Lecture 5 UART theory - 1

Lecture 6 UART theory - 2

Lecture 7 Data transmission example

Lecture 8 Data reception example

Lecture 9 UART block diagram

Section 3: UART implementation

Lecture 10 UART interface

Lecture 11 Clock divider

Lecture 12 UART receiver

Lecture 13 UART transmitter

Lecture 14 Demo top level

Section 4: UART simulation

Lecture 15 Understanding the testbench

Lecture 16 Data reception simulation

Lecture 17 Data transmission simulation

Section 5: Computer side

Lecture 18 What happens in computer side

Lecture 19 Understanding the python script

Section 6: Demonstration

Lecture 20 Constraints file

Lecture 21 Synthesis and bitstream generation

Lecture 22 Demonstration

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 23 Conclusion

Beginner Digital Electronics students and engineers or anyone interested in learning FPGA design