• Do not hesitate to request the detailed course description by contacting training@mvd-fpga.com
• This training course is approved by Xilinx

• This course focuses on the PCI-X Addendum to the PCI Local Bus Specification and provides a detailed investigation into the operation of the PCI-X LogiCORE. Explaining the basic principals and concepts introduced by the PCI-X Addendum, this course is also intended to provide an in-depth understanding of the PCI-X LogiCORE and how a digital designer may interface this to a typical user application to create a flexible PCI-X solution.

• For intensive design training on Xilinx PCI products and to learn the basics of Xilinx PCI COREs, take our Conception de systèmes PCI (Ref. 002841A)

• Completion of Xilinx Core PCI - Principes de base (Ref. 002840A) or knowledge of the PCI Local Bus Specification
• Experience in either VHDL or Verilog
• Familiarity with the Xilinx software tools

• This training course introduces engineers to the PCI-X Specification and helps accelerate the design process to provide shorter time-to-market for designers implementing a flexible PCI-X solution using the Xilinx PCI-X LogiCORE.

After completing this training, you will be able to :

• Identify differences between PCI and PCI-X
• Describe the basics of the PCI-X Specification
• Describe the basic Xilinx PCI-X Design Flow
• Identify LogiCORE signals
• Understand the behavior of the PCI-X LogiCORE and how to interface it to a typical user application
• Design a user application that can accommodate operation in both conventional PCI and PCI-X mode

• 2-day course

(The full description of this course can be provided on request)

TRAINING OUTLINE

Day 1

• Differences between PCI and PCI-X
• PCI-X Local Bus Architecture
• PCI-X Signals and Terminology
• Protocol Rules
• PCI-X Transactions
• Error Handling
• Device Configuration
• Electrical Characteristics
• The Xilinx PCI-X Solution

Day 2

• Overview of PCI-X LogiCORE
• Interfacing Buffers
• Designing Target Engine
• Designing Initiator Engine
• Handling Configuration Transactions
• Standard PCI Considerations

LAB DESCRIPTION

• Customers will examine typical transactions of a Target and Initiator. The lab will detail important concepts of typical transactions.
• Building on Lab 1, Lab 2 is an additional lab where the students design for termination considerations. An alternate stimulus file will provide the termination conditions for which the user application may respond.