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Application Note
Introduction to WebPACK 6.1 for FPGAs
This tutorial shows the use of the WebPACK tools on two simple design examples: 1) an LED decoder and 2) a counter which displays its current value on a seven-segment LED. Along the way, you will see:
- How to start an FPGA project;
- How to target a design to a particular type of FPGA;
- How to describe a logic circuit using VHDL and/or schematics;
- How to detect and fix VHDL syntactical errors;
- How to synthesize a netlist from a circuit description;
- How to fit the netlist into an FPGA;
- How to check device utilization and timing for an FPGA;
- How to generate a bitstream for an FPGA;
- How to download a bitstream to program an FPGA;
- How to test the programmed FPGA.