Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of GettingStarted/WARPv3/Tools

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Aug 8, 2012, 9:41:14 AM (12 years ago)

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chunter

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GettingStarted/WARPv3/Tools

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 === WinDD === #windd
-WinDD is a port of Unix's 'dd' command. [wiki:SDCard SD Card]
+WinDD is a port of Unix's 'dd' command. This is used for writing SD cards with your hardware/software designs for running on WARP v3. This allows a WARP v3 node to load a design without downloading over JTAG (very useful for larger deployments). Details of this process are provided [wiki:SDCard here].
 
 === FTDI Drivers === #ftdi
-[wiki:HardwareUsersGuides/WARPv3/UART]
+WARP v3 uses an FTDI usb chip to provide UART connectivity. These drivers create a virtual COM port on your computer that PuTTY can open. More details are available [wiki:HardwareUsersGuides/WARPv3/UART here] and [wiki:howto/usb-uart USB UART HOWTO here].
 
-[wiki:howto/usb-uart USB UART HOWTO]
+= Recommended Equipment for WARP = 
+
+When using WARP, there are a couple of pieces of equipment that you may find useful to have in your lab space.
+
+=== Computer ===
+
+ * The Xilinx design tools can be very demanding. Depending on how complex the design is that you are building, Xilinx estimates RAM usage for building for the XC6VLX240T FPGA that is in WARP v3 to be typically 3.7GB and as much as 6.5GB ([http://www.xilinx.com/ise/products/memory.htm source]).  Further discussion of system requirements are available [http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/sw_manuals/xilinx13_4/irn.pdf here] on page 53.
+ * It is very useful to have a computer that contains two Network Interface Cards (NICs). For example, you may want one Ethernet card to accessing your computer network or internet, and another card to communicating to the WARP boards over Ethernet.
+
+=== Other Useful Accessories ===
+ 
+ * Gigabit Ethernet Switch
+ * Ethernet cables
+ * Micro USB cables