What do you want to do?

WARP is used to study a variety of different research areas. The first steps to getting started using WARP depend on what you want to do.

I want to study the physical layer	I want to study the higher networking layers

I Want to Study the Physical Layer

The FPGA on WARP provides the resources to implement a full, real-time physical layer. Typically, a physical layer is implemented as a periphal core (pcore) that attaches to a microprocessor core that executes C-code to control it. This C-code can, for example, implement a wireless MAC. We have provided two exercises that demonstrate how to control WARP from a microprocessor and how export a custom peripheral from Xiling System Generator.

• Exercises/HelloWorld? - The Hello World exercise is what we recommend all new users of WARP start with. By the end of it, users will use C-code to control LEDs on the board as well as print messages over UART.

• Exercises/SysGenExport? - In this exercise, users will instead control the LEDs on the board with an FPGA design constructed in Xilinx System Generator. The process this exercise takes you through mirrors the steps that would occur if this peripheral core were a new physical layer.

I Want to Study the Higher Networking Layer