FPGA: Use of the development environment Vivado

Topic overview:
A tutorial on using Vivado.

Operation process:

Click the Vivado 2019.2 software icon on the desktop to open the Vivado software, the Vivado software startup interface is shown in Figure 4.2.2
, and then click "Create Project" to create a new project.


Next enter the name and path of the project.The name should reflect the function realized by the project. This project realizes the function of LED flashing, so the project name is named "LED".
The project path is to specify the location where this project is stored in the computer disk. You can choose the path yourself.
It should be noted that the project path cannot contain Chinese, spaces or some other special symbols, otherwise the project will fail to be created.The settings of the project name and path are shown in the figure below.


Next is to select the device model, select "Artix-7" in the "Family" column, and select "Package" in the columnSelect "-2" in the "fgg484" and "Speed" columns. At this time, the device list below will automatically filter out the devices that meet the above setting conditions. In the device list, we select "xc7a35tfgg484-2".
As shown below