FPGA Design Best Practices

Build quality into your FPGA designs by providing engineers with the information they need to analyze and critique designs during product design and release reviews.

Checklist Document

All related information is available for download via a checklist, which can be used during both the initial design phases and the subsequent design reviews.

• FPGA Design Quality Checklist

On-Demand Webcasts

This series of videos identifies some common design quality issues and highlights some examples of difficult design areas. High-level descriptions of possible solutions, along with more detailed references, are provided to demonstrate methods for overcoming these issues.

• Best Practices Introduction


• Xilinx Documentation and Software Tools
  This module shows you what documents and software tools are available and where to find the latest version and information.


• Board Design and Testing Using Xilinx Technical Reference
  This module describes the key areas of a successful board design using our FPGAs.


• Design for Test
  This module illustrates how to take advantage of the FPGA tools and features for board and system testing.


• FPGA Configuration and Configuration Debug
  This module explains some of the most common configuration issues users might run into and how to plan for successful configuration designs.


• Synchronous Designs and Design Flow Best Practices
  This module briefly describes the advantages of a synchronous design. It also shows you the different types of simulations throughout an FPGA design cycle.


• Performance Checks
  This module examines the timing closure flow and shows you how to determine whether or not a design meets your performance goals.


• SelectIO Interface
  This module describes the features and flexibility of the Xilinx® SelectIO™ interface as well as some of the ground rules you need to follow.


• Clocking Resources
  This module identifies the features and flexibility of clocking resources as well as some of the ground rules you need to follow.


• Multi-Gigabit Transceivers
  This module describes how to take advantage of the MGT and identify the resources that enable the best design practices for this feature.

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