Got Vivado Voucher for Arty board but after installation Vivado does not show Arty as option to select board

[jcv65]

Good day,

I just bought an ARTY board and it came with the "Artix-7 35T Evaluation Kit and Tools Voucher".  I believe I have a problem with the Vivado as apparently the Arty board was not properly included in the Vivado setup...

After I got my voucher for Vivado I downloaded and installed it on my computer. I ran the software and Vivado and connected the board to the USB port. Then I opened the Hardware manager and only after I clicked on "AutoConnect" Vivado recognized the board: On the Hardware list there appeared a Xilinx_tcf/.../xc7a35T-0/XADC (see the attached image Vivado Screenshot #1)... So far it identifies the FPGA of the board...

I tried running the "Out-Of-Box GPIO Example Design for the Arty Evaluation Board" that I downloaded from http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/arty.html#documentation  I followed the instructions but could not run the batch files as apparently the "XILINX_VIVADO" env variable had not been set...

Then I found a "Hello World" program at http://eb.dy.fi/2015/11/arty-hello-world/ which is very well explained and wanted to use it to get started with something with the Arty...  I followed the steps but got stuck at the moment of choosing the Default Part...  Vivado gives us the option of choosing a board and presents a list of boards to select from it... in the tutorial I was following there appeared the "Arty" and the "Artix-7 AC701 Evaluation Platform" boards (see the SCREENSHOT FROM TUTORIAL attached)... However when I try to select the board my Vivado shows a longer list but the "Arty" is not included...  (See the Vivado Screenshot #2 attached)  In this list there appears the "Artix-7 AC701 Evaluation Platform"  but I do not think I should select it as it is a different board (even though they have the same FPGA)

I look forward to hear your comments to solve this issue and be able to work with Vivado and my Arty

Thanks

Jesse

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VIVADO SCREENSHOT #1

 

SCREENSHOT FROM TUTORIAL

 

VIVADO SCREENSHOT #2

[jcv65]

The problem was that I needed to include the "board files" for the Arty in the Vivado directory...

Installing the software was a bit confusing for me... There are no clear instructions on the Digilent website at least I did not see them. I think Digilent could do a better job with its website navigability.  Xilinx just guides you to install Vivado, but it does not care about the board that one is using... If one is getting a license locked for a particular board, the least they could do was to include all the board files automatically in the installation...

There is a very good website (from an enthusiast) with information on how to install Vivado to be used with Arty  http://eb.dy.fi/2015/11/installing-vivado-for-arty/   . The same website has tutorial and basic "Hello World" projects that are clearly and neatly described... Digilent or Xilinx should have links to his website.. http://eb.dy.fi/2015/11/arty-hello-world/#comment-7266

 

[Sergiu]

Hello, 

I have replied to your e-mail regarding this issue. You can use this channel to post your reply. At the link I provided you can find the instructions on how to install the Arty board files: https://reference.digilentinc.com/vivado:boardfiles

Sergiu

[terje]

I also had this issue, but solved it by getting the latest board files from github.com/Digilent/vivado-boards. However, I'm not allowed to do synthesis because "A valid license was not found for feature 'Synthesis' and/or device 'xc7a35ti'." By looking at my licenses in Vivado License Manager they are comparable to the ones at http://eb.dy.fi/2015/11/installing-vivado-for-arty/. Any suggestions?

[Sergiu]

In your case it appears that somehow the license was not applied correctly. You can check these links which explain some of the steps needed for licensing:

https://blog.digilentinc.com/index.php/device-locked-node-locked-vivado-design-edition-what-does-it-all-mean/

https://forum.digilentinc.com/topic/1269-vivado-license-of-zybo-voucher/

The artix7-35t featured on the Arty is supported by the free webpack edition of Vivado and the newest version will actually support most of the Design Edition's fetures. I recommend installing that version of Vivado and see how that works.

Sergiu

[terje]

Thanks Sergiu, I got the WebPACK license to work. I also did some googling and I'm pretty sure this explains the issue I'm having.

Xilinx abandoned the good old certificate licensing in favor of activation licensing. That is causing some headaches lately…

I'll not go through the pain described in there, so I'll just use the WebPACK license.

[Rockbird]

I have an Arty. I have installed the license from the voucher on my desktop.

How can I buy another similar license for my laptop?

The only way that I could see showed thousands of dollars!

 

[jpeyron]

Hi Rockbird,

The since vivado 15.4 and up the webpack does the same thing as the design edition. This voucher will get you the design edition further back than 15.4 if you were wanting that. Otherwise using the webpack will meet your needs. Hope this helps.

cheers,

Jon

[Rockbird]

Thanks - that is good news. ! It  explains why Vivado 2015.1 complained about no license.
 Does it include15.4 itself or only after ?

 

[jpeyron]

Hi Rockbird,

The new change with webpack includes Vivado 2015.4 and up.

cheers,

Jon