Much of the week was spent trying to find out as much as possible about the Xilinx bitstream file formats (.bit). The actual configuration within a bitstream file is encrypted and is not available for public use. The FPGA usually contains the encryption key to be able to run the Read more
After tuns and tuns of reading, my supervisor gave me the green light to start working on my part , the web Interface. in this week, My main task was to implement the Ace editore using C++ webtool kit into the editor web page . With the help of webtool Read more
Compared to my work the title might be a little too fancy but hopefully our switches will evolve from simple switches to a smart interconnect between the processor and all other system components. Do you remember the second version of the accelerator switch I talked about in my previous blog Read more
It was an up and down week of sorts. It didn’t start off but as the week wore on and with some crucial help/advice from the supervisor and colleague, the desired task was achieved, although it is yet to see if it was the best solution to the problem at Read more
this week was quite an interesting one I got familiar with my work place. I made some new friends with whom I shared a meal or two together. As for my studies I read through the Webtool Kit tutorials and references , and I managed to code my first project Read more
The I2C core made a lot of progress this week. While I was hoping last week not to use a FSM in my slave I couldn’t resist the temptation. My slave have a FSM and is almost 95% ready. The hardest part is the acknowledge part. Not only that the Read more
After scratching the surface into the world of SD cards and how they store data, almost all of the week was spent into trying to figure out as much as possible about the abilities of these storage devices. Admittedly, I was led astray by my own curiosity about the File Read more
This week had a lot of testing going. First of all UART is 90% done. It has been tested by simulation and on FPGA communicating with the PC through Minicom. I’ve faced a very interesting issue while testing UART on Spartan 6 ATLYS board. My UART can transmit data to Read more
This is my last week interning at AESTE, what I have done were doing the final checking and making some modifications during the first three days of the week. I had to change the drivers into class templates whereas my colleague, Mostafa tested the ARC4 and ECDSA drivers on the Read more