How to create blinkly application for Cora Z7-07S from PL/FPGA

Goal: Create bare bones blinky application running on Cora Z7-07S dev board using FGPA/PL.
Acronyms:
FPGA

Acronym	Meaning
FPGA	Field Programmable Gate Array
PL	Programmable Logic
RTL	Register-Transfer Level

Pre-requisite:

• Install Vivado tools - see this link for guided installation.
• Cora Z7-07S master constraints file - link

Below are the steps to create the blinky functionality

1. Open Vivado 2024.1
2. Create new project (File | Project | New...)
3. New project Vivado wizard

4. Project Name

5. Use RTL for the project type

6. In Add Source - click on Create File button

Use blinky.v to use Verilog as the language.

Updated Add Sources dialog

7. In Add Constraints

This assumes the master xdc file was already downloaded, see pre-requesites section for the download location.

This shows updated constraints dialog

8. Select Cora Z7-07S for Default Part

9. New Project Summary

10. Define module

Added ports for input and out. We will have to define those ports later in the master xdc file

11. New Project full details

12. Open blinky.v

13. Modify blinky.v to toggle blue LED

14. Modify master xdc file to enable clock and blue LED

15. Generate bitstream (Flow | Generate Bitstream)

Let it run Synthesis and implementation

Define Launch Runs. Default is normally good

Wait for generation to complete



16. Flash to taget

Open target

Auto connect to target

Program device

Program device bit selection

If the flashing operation was successful, you should see blue LED blinking.