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Genesys 2 FPGA Board Reference Manual
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Component Description
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Component Description
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JTAG header
21
VGA connector
9
User slide switches
22
HDMI source connector
10
User LEDs
23
FPGA configuration source jumper
11
OLED display
24
HDMI sink connector
12
Dual analog/digital Pmod
25
Power switch
13
User pushbuttons
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Power jack 12VDC
Table 1. Genesys 2 features and connectors
1 Quick-start
The Genesys 2 comes with an out-of-box demo design that gets loaded from the on-board QSPI flash. It exercises
most of the on-board peripherals. Just power the board with the included 12V wall supply, flick the power switch,
wait for the design to fully load, and explore the following features:
Connecting an HDMI/DVI, VGA, or DisplayPort monitor shows a demo image with a mouse pointer.
Connecting a USB mouse controls the mouse pointer on the display.
The OLED shows the Digilent logo and various information on several pages. Advance between pages with
the BTNC button.
The internal FPGA temperature, voltage and current readings of various power rails are shown on the
OLED.
Connecting the board to an Ethernet network will acquire link, IP address and become “pingable” at the
IPv4 address displayed on the OLED.
Connecting the USB-UART port to a PC and opening a terminal (115200, 8, N, 1) shows status messages.
Pushing BTNU records audio off the microphone input for five seconds and plays it back on the
headphone output if BTND is pushed, or line-out if BTNL. Similarly, BTNR starts a recording off the line-in
jack.
The LEDs are showing a scanning light bar.
The fan starts when FPGA internal temperature reaches 60°C and stops when it drops back to 40°C.
To develop new FPGA designs for the Genesys 2, download and install the Xilinx Vivado
®
Design Suite
2
. The tools
include all the USB drivers for the board. Once installed, the USB JTAG and USB UART ports can be connected to
the PC and making the FPGA visible in Vivado Hardware Manager.
Additional resources can be found on the Genesys 2 Resource Center.
2 Power Supplies
The Genesys 2 board can receive power from an external power supply through the center-positive barrel jack
(J27). The external supply voltage must be 12 V ±5 %. The Genesys 2 cannot be powered from the USB bus.
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http://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/vivado.html