Creating Vivado IP the Smart Tcl Way
Recently at work I checked out a co-workers Vivado project that was under review. Instead of putting all of the project files in
Tcl
Vivado Non-Project Mode: Releasing Vivado’s True Potential
Most digital circuit design engineers are familiar with Vivado’s GUI. It allows engineers to create a project, select the target part, add or
Vivado Project Mode Tcl Script
Create a Vivado project and generate a bitstream using a Tcl script.
Tcl Loops
A loop is a piece of code that gets executed over and over again until some condition is met. Loops are common and
Tcl Switch Statements
The switch statement allows you to compare a string to various patterns. If the string matches a pattern then the body of that
Tcl Conditional Statements: If This Then What?
The conditional statement syntax is a little strange at first but it helps to remember that Tcl is a scripting language where everything
Tcl Math: Using Expresions
Math is performed using the expr command. The expr command is used to evaluate expressions and plays by its own set of rules. The
Tcl Variable Assignments
An odd quirk about Tcl, something that gets many engineers hung up, is that everything can be represented as a string. We’ll see
Printing to the Outside World
Now that we have the environment setup we’re going to write the traditional Hello World program. In this tutorial, all text associated with
Verify Tcl Setup
To run your Tcl scripts you have a few options. You can run them from the command line or terminal (may require additional