Zedboard Zynq 7000 UART

[pcb9]

Hi,

I currently have a single cycle processor controlling a bunch of things according to instructions that I load into a memory module with an initial block. It works fine but I want to load instructions via the UART. I want to send a set of bits to the board. I have looked at several basic examples using PS. Ideally I would like to type in the instructions into a terminal emulator. Can this be done using PS? Or is it a better idea to write a basic UART module?  Doing this for the first time. Any help is appreciated.

Thank you. 

[jpeyron]

Hi @pcb9,

This can be done using the PS. One way to start would be to take a look at the examples provided by Xilinx. You can find them at this location:

C:/Xilinx/SDK/2016.4/data/embeddedsw/XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/uartps_v3_3/examples/    Or you can look at the "system.mss" file in SDK (bsp folder) and click on "import example". 

If you want to use the PL then I would use the PmodUSBUART here with a UART Verilog module.

thank you,

Jon