Need proper software; Vivado does not work.

[AaronF 0]

I am a sophomore in an electrical engineering program, and I would like to know what software I need for your starter kit/boards priced between 0 and $300. The boards and software must run on Windows 10 Pro and use VHDL. Note that Xilinx (Vivado) does not work on this computer; I don’t know why. As an FYI, my school uses the BASY 3, Artix-7 FPGA. Something similar to this would be appreciated. Thanks

[Digital.Dilettante 0]

Aaron,

Just got the Basys3 with the node locked Vivado design edition working on Windows 10 Home.  While the OS is not technically supported by Xilinx yet, I managed to get the 2015.4.1 version working with the help of the below thread.  The trick is ensuring the the latest Visual C++ Redistributable is installed first.

https://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Embedded-Development-Tools/Windows-10-SDK-2015-1-Sadness/td-p/647823

Hope this helps.

Edited December 29, 2015 by Digital.Dilettante

[JColvin 269]

Alternatively, it looks like you can change some of the Vivado files on your computer as well (as per our own forum thread).